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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 ...
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.
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)
Events of the year 1939 in Belgium. Incumbents. Monarch: Leopold III [1] Prime Minister: Paul-Henri Spaak (to 22 February); Hubert Pierlot (from 22 February)
From May 1938 to February 1939 he was Prime Minister for the first time. In 1938, he allowed Herman Van Breda to smuggle the legacy of Edmund Husserl out of Nazi Germany to Belgium through the Belgian Embassy in Berlin. Spaak (left) with Paul Van Zeeland in 1937
General elections were held in Belgium on 2 April 1939. [1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 67 of the 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. Voter turnout was 93.3%. [2] On 22 February 1939, the Pierlot Government succeeded the Spaak Government.
22 February 1939 12 February 1945 5 years, 356 days 12 Achille Van Acker: 12 February 1945 13 March 1946 1 year, 29 days: ... Prime Minister of Belgium;
Henri Jaspar (28 July 1870 – 15 February 1939) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1926 to 1931. He was born in Schaerbeek and trained as a lawyer. Jaspar represented Liège as a Catholic in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1919 until 1936.