Adolphe Dechamps

Adolphe Dechamps (born June 18, 1807 in Melle , † July 19, 1875 in Manage ) was a Belgian statesman . He was the brother of Archbishop Victor-Augustin-Isidore Dechamps .

Dechamps earlier professed republican views, but then, under the influence of Lamennais , joined the clerical direction. His articles in the Ghent Journal de Flandres and in the Brussels Emancipation gave him a seat (for Ath ) in the Second Chamber in 1834 , where he was particularly involved in the negotiations on the revision of the laws on higher education (1835) and on the municipal constitution ( 1836) involved. In 1841 Dechamps became governor of the province of Luxembourg, but remained a member of the chamber in which he zealously participated in the law on lower education (1842), and in 1843 he received the portfolio of public works.

As a minister, he worked particularly for the completion of the large Belgian railway network and, politically speaking, was a staunch supporter of the so-called then applicable. mixed, d. H. A direction that unites liberal and Catholic elements. After Nothomb's fall and Sylvain van de Weyer's entry (1845), Dechamps took over the management of foreign affairs, which post he maintained at de Theux 's entry (1846) until the definitive victory of the Liberals (August 1847). Since then he has been a member of the clerical opposition in the Chamber and, as in the Catholic "Revue de Bruxelles" founded with Pieter de Decker in 1837, fought against the liberal party until 1851. He died on July 19, 1875 in Scailmont at Manage.

He wrote: Le second empire, dialogues politiques (Bruss. 1859); L'empire et l'Angleterre (that. 1860); Jules César, l'empire jugé par l'empereur ; La convention de Gastein, la France et l'Allemagne (that. 1865); Les partis en Belgique (that. 1866) etc.

personal data
SURNAME	Dechamps, Adolphe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian statesman
DATE OF BIRTH	June 18, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH	Melle
DATE OF DEATH	July 19, 1875
Place of death	Manage