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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)
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.
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.
Prime Minister Image Assumed office Left office Time in office (term) Time in office (total) 1 Charles Rogier: 12 August 1847 31 October 1852 5 years, 80 days: 15 years, 135 days: 9 November 1857 3 January 1868 10 years, 55 days 2 Wilfried Martens: 3 April 1979 31 March 1981 1 year, 362 days: 12 years, 78 days: 17 December 1981 7 March 1992
He became the prime minister in 1938 and held the position until 1939. During World War II, he served as foreign minister in the London-based Belgian government in exile under Hubert Pierlot, where he negotiated the foundation of the Benelux Customs Union with the governments of the Netherlands and Luxembourg. After the war, he twice regained ...
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 ...
It was not Prime Minister Pierlot, but the Minister of the Interior who provided the required contresignant of the royal order of 6 March 1939 which dissolved the Chambers and triggered the snap elections. After the election, Pierlot continued as Prime Minister. The elections were the last before World War II.