Baron Félix de Blochausen (5 March 1834 – 15 November 1915), was a
Luxembourg
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politician
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Orangist, he was the sixth
Prime Minister of Luxembourg
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, serving for ten years, from 26 December 1874 until 20 February 1885.
Minister for the Interior
From 14 December 1866 to 3 December 1867 he was Director-General (Minister) for the Interior in the government of Victor de Tornaco.
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"Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848"
. Service information et presse du gouvernment. Luxembourg: Imprimerie Centrale, 2011. From 1872 to 1873 he was President of the
Chamber of Deputies.
Prime minister
On 26 December 1874, after
Emmanuel Servais
Lambert Joseph Emmanuel Servais (11 April 1811 – 17 June 1890) was a Luxembourg politician. He held numerous offices of national importance, foremost amongst which was in serving as the fifth Prime Minister of Luxembourg, for seven years, fr ...
' resignation, de Blochausen was appointed prime minister and Director-General for Foreign Affairs. From 21 September to 12 October 1882, he was
Director-General of Finances. Under his government, the criminal code and education were reformed. On 20 February 1885 de Blochausen had to resign due to an insider trading scandal.
Domestic policy
The Blochausen government introduced reforms of primary education. Against the opposition of conservative Deputies, it made it obligatory for children to attend school for six years, from ages 6 to 12. The reform gave rise to far-reaching debates over the role of the state in society, and the relationship between church and state. The new law made it the state's duty to organise public education, whereas the church retained a level of influence over education on the local level, and had powers of supervision over teachers.
Post-government career
From 1893 until his death, Félix de Blochausen was the president of the ''Société agricole grand-ducale''.
He died on 15 November 1915 at his birthplace, Schloss Birtrange.
See also
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Blochausen Ministry
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Prime Ministers of Luxembourg
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Ministers for Finances of Luxembourg
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1834 births
1915 deaths
Alumni of the Athénée de Luxembourg
19th-century Luxembourgian people
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