Charles de Broqueville

Charles de Broqueville


Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 22 October 1932 – 20 November 1934
Monarch	Albert I Leopold III
Preceded by	Jules Renkin
Succeeded by	Georges Theunis
In office 17 June 1911 – 1 June 1918
Monarch	Albert I
Preceded by	Frans Schollaert
Succeeded by	Gérard Cooreman
Personal details
Born	(1860-12-04)4 December 1860 Postel, Belgium
Died	5 September 1940(1940-09-05) (aged 79) Brussels, Belgium
Political party	Catholic Party

Memorial to Charles de Broqueville on Avenue de Broqueville, Woluwe-St-Lambert, Brussels

Charles Marie Pierre Albert, Count de Broqueville (4 December 1860 – 5 September 1940) was the 20th Prime Minister of Belgium, serving during World War I.

Before 1914

First elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1892, he represented the arrondissement of Turnhout until June 1919.

He was the leader of Belgium's Catholic Party, and he served as prime minister between 1911 and 1918, heading the de Broqueville government.

Once it became clear that Germany intended to violate Belgian neutrality in August 1914, he oversaw Belgium's mobilization for war. Despite the mobilization, de Broqueville opposed King Albert I's proposal to deploy the Belgian Army along the German frontier in 1914 — instead strategically placing them throughout the country. He recognized that wartime support for Belgium depended upon its continued status as a non-provocative neutral power.

1914–1918

The German invasion of 1914 forced the Belgian government into exile at Le Havre. De Broqueville fought the king on the neutrality issue, hereby denying Belgium a full alliance with the Allied forces.

This opposition of the king critically weakened de Broqueville's stance among members of his cabinet. Consequently, he resigned as Foreign Secretary in January 1918 and as Prime Minister in May when he lost the support of his own party.

De Broqueville also served as minister in various departments:

Minister of Railways and PTT (Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones) 1910-1912
Minister of War 1912-1917
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1917
Minister of Reconstruction 1917-1918
Minister of the Interior 1918-1919
Minister of National Defence 1926-1930

After the War

Later, Charles de Broqueville became Prime Minister a second time, serving from 22 October 1932 until 20 November 1934.

Honours

Belgium: Croix de Guerre
Belgium: Minister of State, by Royal Decree.
Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1919),
France: Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (United Kingdom),
Knight with the Collar of the Order of Pius IX (Holy See),
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy),
Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire),
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion,
Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark),
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania,
Knight Grand Cross of the Portuguese Order of Christ (Portugal)
Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown
Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class (Japan)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion (Grand Duchy of Baden)
decorated with the Croix de Guerre (France)

External links

Charles de Broqueville at Prime Minister of Belgium

References and further reading

Louis DE LICHTERVELDE, Charles de Broqueville, in: Biographie Nationale de Belgique, t. XXIX, 1956-1957, p. 369-377.
Paul VAN MOLLE, La parlement belge, 1894-1972, Antwerp, 1972
Luc SCHEPENS, Albert Ier et le gouvernement Broqueville, 1914–1918 : aux origines de la question communautaire. Paris 1983,
Thierry DENOËL, Le nouveau dictionnaire des Belges, 2e éd. revue et augm., Brussels, Le Cri, 1992, p. 167.
Maria DE WAELE, Charles de Broqueville, in: Nieuwe Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging, Tielt, 1998
Paul VOS, Charles de Broqueville op de kering der tijden, in: Vlaamse Stam, 2012, blz. 122-142.
Frans RENAERS, De opvoeding van Charles de Broqueville, in: Vlaamse Stam, blz 142-145.

Political offices
Preceded by Frans Schollaert	Prime Minister of Belgium 1911–1918	Succeeded by Gérard Cooreman
Preceded by Jules Renkin	Prime Minister of Belgium 1932–1934	Succeeded by Georges Theunis

Prime Ministers of Belgium

de Gerlache Lebeau de Muelenaere Goblet d'Alviella de Theux de Meylandt Lebeau Nothomb Van de Weyer de Theux de Meylandt Rogier de Brouckère de Decker Rogier Frère-Orban d'Anethan Malou Frère-Orban Malou Beernaert de Burlet de Smet de Naeyer Vandenpeereboom de Smet de Naeyer de Trooz Schollaert de Broqueville Cooreman Delacroix Carton de Wiart Theunis Van de Vyvere Poullet Jaspar Renkin de Broqueville Theunis van Zeeland Janson Spaak Pierlot Van Acker Spaak Van Acker Huysmans Spaak G. Eyskens Duvieusart Pholien Van Houtte Van Acker G. Eyskens Lefèvre Harmel Vanden Boeynants G. Eyskens Leburton Tindemans Vanden Boeynants Martens M. Eyskens Martens Dehaene Verhofstadt Leterme Van Rompuy Leterme Di Rupo Michel

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