Edouard Mercier
Edouard (Édouard) Joseph Mercier (born April 1, 1799 in Braine-l'Alleud , Walloon Brabant , Belgium , † January 18, 1870 in Brussels ) was a Belgian liberal politician .
biography
After attending school, he worked as a civil servant and later as a manager of companies .
He was later elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the Liberals .
In April 1840 he was appointed finance minister for the first time by Prime Minister Jean Louis Joseph Lebeau and was a member of his cabinet for a year until April 1841. He also held the post of finance minister from 1843 to 1845 in the government of Prime Minister Jean-Baptiste Nothomb .
On August 12, 1845, he was honored with the honorary title of Minister of State for his services .
Between March 1855 and November 1857 he was finally finance minister again in the cabinet of the Catholic Prime Minister Pieter de Decker . Mercier turned out to be a very moderate representative of liberal politics.
Edouard Mercier was also governor of the province of Hainaut .
His nephew Désiré-Joseph Cardinal Mercier was Archbishop of Mechlin from 1906 to 1926 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mercier, Edouard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mercier, Edouard Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braine-l'Alleud , Walloon Brabant , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1870 |
| Place of death | Brussels |