Félix Amandus, Count de Muelenaere (5 April 1793 – 5 August 1862) was a

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politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1831 to 1832 Born in Pittem, he was a lawyer in

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and was from 1824 until 1829 member of the Second Chamber of the

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for the province of

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. After the independence of Belgium, he became provincial governor in West Flanders (1830–1831), member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the

arrondissement of Bruges The Arrondissement of Bruges ( nl, Arrondissement Brugge; french: Arrondissement de Bruges) is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissemen ...

(1831–1848), and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first Belgian government. After the inauguration of Leopold I as king in 1831, he became the third Prime Minister until 1832. Afterwards, he became again provincial governor for West-Flanders (1832–1834, 1836–1849) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1834–1836, 1841). From 1850 until his death in 1862 in his birthplace Pittem, he was member of the Chamber for the arrondissement of Tielt.

Honours

; National * : **

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. **

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, by royal decree ** 1856: Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold ; Foreign * : Grand Officier in the

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* : Knight Grand Cross in the

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* : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Dannebrog * : Knight Grand cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa * : Knight in the

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* : Knight Grand Cross in the Saxe-Ernestine House OrderAlmanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier /p. 140

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1793 births 1862 deaths Prime Ministers of Belgium Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Belgian Ministers of State Governors of West Flanders Catholic Party (Belgium) politicians Counts of Belgium People from West Flanders {{Flanders-politician-stub