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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 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
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
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
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