Arthur Gilson

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Arthur Gilson

Arthur Alène Robert Ghislain Gilson (born February 27, 1915 in Antwerp , † February 2, 2004 ) was a Belgian politician .

biography

Gilson studied law and worked as a lawyer after obtaining his doctorate in law .

In 1946 he began his political career both in local politics with the election as a member of the local council of Ixelles / Elsene , of which he was a member until 1958, and in national politics with the election to the Chamber of Deputies . In this he represented until 1968 as a member of the Parti Social Chrétien (PSC) the interests in the constituency of the arrondissement of Brussels . Between 1958 and 1964 he was also a member of the Etterbeek Municipal Council .

Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens appointed him in June 1958 as Minister of Defense in his government, which was in office until April 1961. On July 9, 1960 he ordered a military intervention in the Congo against the advice of Foreign Minister Pierre Wigny after a mutiny by the Congolese army and to "protect" the Belgian citizens, which quickly developed into a veritable invasion and is considered to be one of the main responsible for the then the outbreak of the Congo crisis . He was then Minister of the Interior and Minister of Public Service in the cabinet of Prime Minister Théo Lefèvre until July 1965 . As such, he was responsible for determining the language regions and the language compromise for the Brussels capital region.

On May 26, 1992, he was awarded the honorary title of Minister of State for his services to Belgian politics .

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SURNAME Gilson, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gilson, Arthur Alène Robert Ghislain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 2004