Eugène Beyens

Eugène Beyens

Napoléon Eugène Louis Joseph Marie Auguste Beyens (born March 24, 1855 in Paris , † January 3, 1934 in Brussels ) was a Belgian diplomat and politician .

Life

Beyens entered the diplomatic service and worked there as a diplomat in Persia , the German Empire and the Holy See . He was subsequently head of cabinet of King Albert I between 1910 and 1912. In 1913 he succeeded Jules Greindl as ambassador to Germany and left Berlin on August 6, 1914, two days after the German invasion of Belgium , after representing the interests of Belgium to the Spanish Message had been entrusted.

For his political and diplomatic services he was awarded the honorary title of Minister of State on July 26, 1915 .

Beyens was first appointed Minister without Portfolio in his government by Prime Minister Charles de Broqueville in 1915 . After a cabinet reshuffle, he was Foreign Minister in the de Broqueville government from January 18, 1916 to August 4, 1917.

About his experiences as ambassador to Italy and the encounters with Benito Mussolini from 1921 to 1926 he wrote his memoirs in 1934 under the title Quatre ans à Rome, 1921-1926 . In September 1923 he was also a delegate of Belgium at the 4th session of the League of Nations in Geneva .

literature

• Henri Beyens: Aux avant-postes de la diplomatie. Le baron Beyens, ministre de Belgique à Berlin (1912–1914). In: Bulletin de l'Assocation de la Noblesse. 2014.

Web links

• rulers.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Belgian representatives in Germany
2. ↑ Klaus Hildebrand, Jürgen Schmädeke, Klaus Zernack: 1939: on the threshold of the world war . 1990, ISBN 3-11-012596-X , p. 90. (books.google.de)
3. ^ League of Nations: Fourth Assembly, Geneva, September 3 - September 29, 1923