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François (Frans) Victor Marie Ghislain Schollaert (19 August 1851 – 29 June 1917) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.
Born in Wilsele, Schollaert trained as a lawyer and practiced in Leuven. He served as head of the Flemish farmer's union, the Boerenbond. He sat in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives from 1888 onwards, holding the office of President of the Chamber from 1901 to 1908, and from 1911 until his death.
On Jules de Trooz's sudden death on the last day of 1907, Schollaert replaced him as the prime minister of Belgium, also holding the Interior and Agriculture portfolios from 1908 to 1910, and the Arts and Science portfolio from 1910 to 1911. Schollaert was PM while the Belgian parliament, in heated debates, voted to annex the Congo Free State, which had been privately owned by Belgian King Leopold II. It became known as the Belgian Congo.




Honours


Belgium: Minister of State by Royal Decree.
Belgium: Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown
Belgium: Grand Officier in the Order of Leopold
France: Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour
Holy See: Grand Cross in the Order of Pius IX
Norway: Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Olav
Romania: Grand Cross in the Order of the Star of Romania
The Schollaert Channel, discovered in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, was named for him.




References






External links


Frans Schollaert at Ars Moriendi Archived 7 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
Frans Schollaert in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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