Jules Joseph, Baron d'Anethan (23 April 1803 – 8 October 1888) was a
Belgian
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Catholic Party politician.
After serving as minister for Justice and Religion, D'Anethan was named the
prime minister of Belgium and minister of Foreign Affairs by King
Leopold II on 2 July 1870. During his term in office, d'Anethan was responsible for directing the
Belgian reaction to the Franco-Prussian War.
D'Anethan and the king agreed a programme whereby the King's favoured military reforms—in particular the abolition of ''
Remplacement
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'' conscription—would be implemented, along with an agreement not to institute electoral reforms. He served as Foreign and War minister in his own government.
D'Anethan was obliged to include in his cabinet ministers who were opposed to the abolition of ''Remplacement'' which led to conflicts with the King. A political crisis following his nomination of
Pierre de Decker
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He was educated at a Jesuit school, studied law at Paris, and became one of the editors of the '' Rev ...
as governor of
Limburg
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led to the resignation of d'Anethan's government.
He later served, from 1884 to 1885, as president of the
Belgian Senate
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.
Honours
* :
Minister of State
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, by royal decree
* : Grand Cordon in the
Order of Leopold
* : Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of Christ.
[Almanach royal officiel: 1875]
* : Knight Grand Cross in the Imperial
Order of the Rose
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.
* : Knight Grand Cross in the
Royal Guelphic Order
* : Grand Officer in the Most Exalted Royal
Order of the White Elephant
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References
Sources
* L. Plettinck, ''Biographie du baron J. J. d'Anethan'', Brugge, 1899
* A. Cosemans, ''Jules Joseph d'Anethan'', in: ''Biographie nationale de Belgique'', T. XXIX, 1956, col. 93–96.
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External links
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1803 births
1888 deaths
Politicians from Brussels
Belgian Roman Catholics
Barons of Belgium
Belgian Ministers of State
Politicians of Catholic political parties
Presidents of the Senate (Belgium)
Prime Ministers of Belgium
Foreign ministers of Belgium
Belgian Ministers of Defence
Grand Crosses of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
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