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Paul Pastur (7 February 1866 – 8 June 1938) was a
Belgian lawyer and politician from
Hainaut. He obtained a law degree of the
University of Liège
The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...
, and started working at the bar of
Charleroi
Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. in 1893.
Pastur was born on 7 February 1886 in
Marcinelle
Marcinelle (; wa, Mårcinele) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Until 1977, it was a municipality of its own.
Home of the comics publisher Dupuis, as many popul ...
,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. Impressed by the
riots of 1886, he became involved in defending the 27 workmen supposedly implied in the
Great Plot
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. In 1892, together with
Jules Destrée
Jules Destrée (; Marcinelle, 21 August 1863 – Brussels, 3 January 1936) was a Walloon lawyer, cultural critic and socialist politician. The trials subsequent to the strikes of 1886 determined his commitment within the Belgian Labour Party. ...
, he founded the
Democratic Federation. He devoted himself to more egalitarian education and in 1903 he founded the Université du Travail in Charleroi. In 1927, he introduced
Mother's Day in Belgium, based on the American example. Paul Pastur was a
freemason
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.
"Paul Pastur"
. Accessed 21 August 2008.
References
External links
Université du Travail
1866 births
1938 deaths
Politicians from Charleroi
Belgian socialists
University of Liège alumni
Walloon movement activists
20th-century Belgian lawyers
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