Léon d'Andrimont

Victor Léon d'Andrimont (1836–1905) was a Belgian politician and financier.

Life

D'Andrimont was born in Liège on 29 March 1836, the son of the industrialist and politician Julien d'Andrimont.[1] On 2 May 1859 he married baroness Caroline Maria de Moffarts.[1] After studying civil engineering he entered politics, first in the province of Limburg and from the partial legislative elections of 1878 as a Liberal Party member of the Belgian parliament for the Verviers constituency.[1] He retained his seat until 1894, and in 1900 was elected to the Belgian Senate, again from Verviers.[1]

His social concerns had led him to found the Banque Populaire credit union in Liège on 1 June 1864. He went on to become the president of a credit federation. He was also involved in the oversight of mutual insurance societies and vocational schools in Liège.[1] He died in Brussels on 9 April 1905.[1]

Works

  • Des institutions et des associations ouvrières de la Belgique (1871)[2]
  • La philanthropie sociale à l'Exposition universelle de Vienne en 1873 (1874)[3]
  • La coopération ouvrière en Belgique (1876)[4]
  • La Question consulaire en Belgique (1885)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f M. Yans. "Andrimont (Victor Léon D')", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 31 (Brussels, 1961), 25-26.
  2. ^ On Google Books
  3. ^ On Google Books
  4. ^ On Google Books
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