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22 February 1939 283 days Belgian Labour Party: Spaak I: 41 Hubert Pierlot (1883–1963) 1939: 22 February 1939 16 April 1939 5 years, 356 days Catholic Party: Pierlot I: Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB — 16 April 1939 3 September 1939 Pierlot II: Cath.–Lib. — 3 September 1939 28 May 1940 Pierlot III: Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB — 28 May 1940 27 ...
Five Social Democrats have served as prime minister, either as a member of the BWP-POB, the BSP-PSB, or the PS. Paul-Henri Spaak (15 May 1938 – 22 February 1939, 13 March – 31 March 1946, 20 March 1947 – 11 August 1949) Achille Van Acker (12 February 1945 – 13 March 1946, 31 March – 3 August 1946, 23 April 1954 – 26 June 1958)
Hubert Marie Eugène Pierlot (French pronunciation: [ybɛʁ maʁi øʒɛn pjɛʁlo], 23 December 1883 – 13 December 1963) was a Belgian politician and Prime Minister of Belgium, serving between 1939 and 1945. Pierlot, a lawyer and jurist, served in World War I before entering politics in the 1920s.
The prime minister of Belgium (Dutch: Eerste minister van België; French: Premier ministre de Belgique; German: Premierminister von Belgien) or the premier of Belgium is the head of the federal government of Belgium, and the most powerful person in Belgian politics.
2 April – 1939 Belgian general election; 18 April – Hubert Pierlot forms Catholic–Liberal coalition; 25 June – Hermann Lang wins the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps; 30 July – Exposition internationale de l'eau opens in Liège; 25 August – Belgian Armed Forces begin mobilisation
He was the minister of Justice under Paul-Henri Spaak from May 1938 to February 1939 and was the prime minister of Belgium from 16 August 1950 to 15 January 1952. In 1966, he became a minister of State. His term as prime minister is notable for seeing the departure of the Belgian United Nations Command (BUNC) to fight in the Korean War (1950 ...
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On 22 February 1939, the Pierlot Government succeeded the Spaak Government. The Spaak Government was in a political crisis caused by, among other things, the Martens Affair. As the Pierlot Government fell as well and the ministers failed to form a stable government, King Leopold III insisted on a dissolution of parliament, but the council of ...