Noël Joseph Auguste Delfosse (; 9 March 1801 – 22 February 1858) was a Belgian lawyer,

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and

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politician.

Biography

Delfosse graduated as a doctor in Law at the

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and started his career in Liège as an

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. He was selected as a liberal representative in the

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after the

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in 1830, and in 1836 to the Provincial council of the

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and in 1840 as a representative of Liège into the

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, and in 1848 was elected vice-president of the chamber and remained in this office until 1852. His decisive character and his talent as a convincing speaker, supported his political influence in the years 1848 and 1849, where he mainly tried to secure Belgium from the influences of the French movement. At that time he famously exclaimed in the chamber: ''La liberté française pour faire le tour du monde n'a pas besoin de passer par chez nous!'' (in English "French freedom to travel around the world does not need to go through our region!") From 1853 until 1855 he was the

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of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. In 1854 and 1855, he rejected twice the offer to create a new Ministry. In December 1857 he was appointed in the government of

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- Frère with the title of

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, which did not prevent him to speak against the measures of the government, when they seemed to him incompatible with the principles of liberalism.

Sources

* Alvin, A., in : ''Biographie Nationale, Brussel, Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts, 1866-1986'', V, 1876, kol. 413–420. * ''Mémorial de la Province de Liège 1836-1986'', Liège, p. 184. 1801 births 1858 deaths Belgian Ministers of State Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) University of Liège alumni Walloon people Lawyers from Liège Politicians from Liège {{Wallonia-politician-stub