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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 ...
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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)
Hubert Pierlot (left), Prime Minister of the government in exile, April 1944.. The Belgian Government in London (Dutch: Belgische regering in Londen; French: Gouvernement belge à Londres), also known as the Pierlot IV Government, was the government in exile of Belgium between October 1940 and September 1944 during World War II.
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.
On 2 August 1940, several ministers conferred in Le Perthus in France near the Spanish border. Prime Minister Pierlot and Foreign Minister Spaak were persuaded to go to London, but they were able to start out for London only at the end of August and could travel only via neutral Spain and Portugal.
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)