Henri de Brouckère

Henri de Brouckère


Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 31 October 1852 – 30 March 1855
Monarch	Leopold I
Preceded by	Charles Rogier
Succeeded by	Pierre de Decker
Personal details
Born	(1801-01-25)25 January 1801 Bruges, France (now Belgium)
Died	25 January 1891(1891-01-25) (aged 90) Brussels, Belgium
Political party	Liberal Party

Jonkheer Henri Ghislain Joseph Marie Hyacinthe de Brouckère (25 January 1801 – 25 January 1891) was a Belgian nobleman and liberal politician. Born in Bruges, he was a magistrate, and a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His brother Charles was mayor of Brussels.

He served as governor of Antwerp from 1840 to 1844, and of Liège from 1844 to 1846. He headed a Liberal government from 1852 to 1855 as the ninth Prime Minister. In 1863 he became the first mayor of Auderghem.

Honours

Belgium: Iron Cross.^[1]
Belgium: Minister of State, by Royal Decree.
Belgium: Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold.^[2]
Knight Grand Cross in the Saxe-Ernestine House Order.^[3]
Austria:Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Leopold of Austria.^[4]
France: Knight Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour.^[5]
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Charles III.^[6]
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.^[7]
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Gregory the Great.^[8]
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Januarius.^[9]
Portugal:Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Christ.^[10]
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Louis.^[11]
Netherlands:Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.^[12]

References

Political offices
Preceded by Charles Rogier	Governor of Antwerp 1840–1844	Succeeded by Jules Malou
Preceded by Charles Rogier	Prime Minister of Belgium 1852–1855	Succeeded by Pierre de Decker

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

Foreign ministers of Belgium

1800s	Van de Weyer (1831) Lebeau (1831) de Muelenaere (1831) Goblet (1831–34) de Muelenaere (1834–36) de Theux (1836–40) Lebeau (1840–41) de Briey (1841–43) de Muelenaere (1843–45) Dechamps (1845–47) d'Hoffschmidt (1847–52) de Brouckère (1852–55) Vilain XIIII (1855–57) de Vrière (1857–61) Rogier (1861–67) Vander Stichelen (1868–70) d'Anethan (1870–71) d'Aspremont Lynden (1871–78) Frère-Orban (1878–84) de Moreau (1884) de Riquet de Caraman (1884–92) de Merode (1892–95) de Burlet (1895–96) de Favereau (1896–1907)

1900s	Davignon (1907–1916) Beyens (1916–17) de Broqueville (1917–18) Hymans (1918–20) Jaspar (1920–24) Hymans (1924–25) Vandervelde (1925–27) Hymans (1927–34) Jaspar (1934) Hymans (1934–35) van Zeeland (1935–36) Spaak (1939–49) van Zeeland (1949–54) Spaak (1954–57) Larock (1957–58) Wigny (1958–61) Spaak (1961–66) Harmel (1966–73) Van Elslande (1973–77) Simonet (1977–80) C-F. Nothomb (1980–81) Tindemans (1981–89) Eyskens (1989–92) Claes (1992–94) Vandenbroucke (1994–95) Derycke (1995–99) Michel (1999–2004)

2000s	De Gucht (2004–09) Leterme (2009) Vanackere (2009–11) Reynders (2011–)

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