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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)
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.
22 February 1939 12 February 1945 5 years, 356 days 12 Achille Van Acker: 12 February 1945 13 March 1946 1 year, 29 days: 5 years, 218 days: 31 March 1946 3 August 1946 125 days: 23 April 1954 26 June 1958 4 years, 64 days 13 Henri Jaspar: 20 May 1926 6 June 1931 5 years, 17 days 14 Charles Michel: 11 October 2014 27 October 2019 5 years, 16 days
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 ...
In February 1936 he became Minister of Foreign Affairs, serving first under Van Zeeland and then under his uncle, Paul-Émile Janson. 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 ...
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)