Prosper Poullet

Prosper Poullet


Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 17 June 1925 – 20 May 1926
Monarch	Albert I
Preceded by	Aloys Van de Vyvere
Succeeded by	Henri Jaspar
President of the Chamber of Representatives
In office 29 June 1917 – 10 December 1919
Preceded by	Frans Schollaert
Succeeded by	Emile Brunet
Personal details
Born	(1868-03-05)5 March 1868 Leuven, Belgium
Died	3 December 1937(1937-12-03) (aged 69) Leuven, Belgium
Political party	Catholic Party
Alma mater	Catholic University of Leuven

Prosper Antoine Marie Joseph, Viscount Poullet (5 March 1868 – 3 December 1937) was a Belgian politician.

Born in Leuven, Poullet studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven and was later a professor at the university. He was of member of K.A.V. Lovania Leuven, a catholic student fraternity associated with the Union of Catholic German Student Fraternities.

A successful politician, Poullet was a member of the Catholic Party and sat in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. He frequently held ministerial office between 1911 and 1934, holding the Arts and Science portfolio from 1911 to 1918, Railways and Posts from 1919 to 1920, Interior Minister in 1924–1925 and 1932–1934, Economic affairs in 1925, Justice in 1925–1926 and War in 1926. He served as the 26th Prime Minister of Belgium in 1925–1926 and was named an honorary Minister of State on leaving office.

Private life

He was married to Maria de Monge, viscountess de Franeau (Louvain 1871-1953). .^[1]

Honnours

Belgium: Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown^[2]
Belgium: grand Officer in the Order of Leopold, by RD of 13.11.1919.^[3]
Netherlands: Grand Cross in the Order of Orange-Nassau^[4]
Norway: Commander in the Order of Saint Olav^[5]
Denmark: Order of the Dannebrog^[6]
Romania: Order of the Crown, Romania
Honorary Prof University of Leuven

Political offices
Preceded by Frans Schollaert	President of the Chamber of Representatives 1917–1919	Succeeded by Emile Brunet
Preceded by Aloys Van de Vyvere	Prime Minister of Belgium 1925–1926	Succeeded by Henri Jaspar

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

Justice ministers of Belgium

1831–1899	Gendebien (1831) Barthélémy (1831) Raikem (1831–32) Lebeau (1832–34) Ernst (1834–39) J-B. Nothomb (1839) Raikem (1839–40) Leclerq (1840–41) Van Volxem (1841–42) J-B. Nothomb (1842–43) d'Anethan (1843–47) de Haussy (1847–50) Tesch (1850–52) Faider (1852–55) A. Nothomb (1855–57) Tesch (1857–65) Bara (1865–70) Cornesse (1870–71) T. de Lantsheere (1871–78) Bara (1878–84) Woeste (1884) Devolder (1884–87) Le Jeune (1887–94) Begerem (1894–99)

1900–1999	Van den Heuvel (1899–1907) Renkin (1907–08) L. de Lantsheere (1908–11) Carton de Wiart (1911–18) Vandervelde (1918–21) Van de Vyere (1921) Masson (1921–25) Théodor (1925) Tschoffen (1925) Poullet (1925–26) Hymans (1926–27) Janson (1927–31) Cocq (1931–32) Janson (1932–34) Bovesse (1934–35) Soudan (1935–36) Bovesse (1936–37) Pierlot (1937) de Laveleye (1937) Maistriau (1937) du Bus de Warnaffe (1937–38) Pholien (1938–39) Van Dievoet (1939) de Schryver (1939) Soudan (1939) Janson (1939) Soudan (1939–40) Janson (1940) de Vleeschauwer (1940–42) Delfosse (1942–44) Verbaet (1944–45) du Bus de Warnaffe (1945) Grégoire (1945–46) Rolin (1946) Van Glabbeke (1946) Lilar (1946–47) Struye (1947–48) Moreau de Melen (1948–49) Lilar (1949–50) Carton de Wiart (1950) Moyersoen (1950–52) Pholien (1952) Lagae (1952) du Bus de Warnaffe (1952–54) Lilar (1954–58) Harmel (1958) Merchiers (1958–60) Lilar (1960–61) Vermeylen (1961–65) Wigny (1965–68) Vranckx (1968–73) Vanderpoorten (1973–77) Van Elslande (1977–80) Vanderpoorten (1980) Moureaux (1980–81) Gol (1981–88) Wathelet (1988–95) De Clerck (1995–98) Van Parys (1998–99)

2000–present	Verwilghen (1999–2003) Onkelinx (2003–07) Vandeurzen (2007–08) De Clerck (2008–11) Turtelboom (2011–14) De Block (2014) Geens (2014–)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 54513659 LCCN: no90000959 ISNI: 0000 0000 3881 1643 GND: 101429495 SUDOC: 097584460

References

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