Henri Jaspar
Henri Jaspar | |
|---|---|
Jaspar in 1921 | |
| Prime Minister of Belgium | |
| In office 20 May 1926 – 6 June 1931 | |
| Monarch | Albert I |
| Preceded by | Prosper Poullet |
| Succeeded by | Jules Renkin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1870 Schaerbeek, Belgium |
| Died | 15 February 1939 (aged 68) Saint-Gilles, Belgium |
| Political party | Catholic Party |
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. He served as a Belgian delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.[1] He helped create the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union in 1921. In 1924, he was made an honorary minister of State.
Jaspar held several ministerial positions including;
- Minister of Economic Affairs (1918–1920)
- Foreign Minister (1920–1924 and 1934)
- Minister of Finance (1932–1934)
Honours
- Belgium: Minister of State, by Royal decree
- Belgium: Grand Cross in the Order of Leopold[2]
- Grand Cross in the Order of Pius IX
- France: Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour
- Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
- Kingdom of Italy: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Sweden: Grand Cross with Chain in the Order of Vasa
References
- ^ "Historical Documents - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ^ "JASPAR". www.ars-moriendi.be. Archived from the original on 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
J.E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy, 1976
J.E. Helmreich, "Paul Hymans and Henri Jaspar, Contrasting Diplomatic Styles, Studia Diplomatica, 39 (1986) 669–81.
External links
- Newspaper clippings about Henri Jaspar in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
- Henri Jaspar in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine