Hubert Pierlot

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Count Hubert Pierlot

Hubert Marie Eugène Pierlot (born December 23, 1883 in Cugnon / Province of Luxembourg , † December 13, 1963 in Uccle ) was a Belgian Catholic politician and Prime Minister.

Pierlot completed a law degree at the Catholic University of Leuven .

Life

Promotion to Minister

Hubert Pierlot (center) and Major General Robert Sturges (right) on April 21, 1944.

He began his political career from 1918 to 1920 as head of the cabinet of then Prime Minister Léon Delacroix . He was a senator from 1926 to 1946 .

From November 20, 1934 to March 25, 1935 he was interior minister in the cabinet of Georges Theunis and later from 1935 and 1936 to 1938 agriculture minister in the cabinets of Paul van Zeeland , Paul-Émile Janson and Paul-Henri Spaak . In 1937 he was also Minister of Justice for some time.

Prime Minister 1939 to 1945

On February 22, 1939, Pierlot himself was elected Prime Minister. As such, he initially formed a coalition with the Socialist Party, which, however, rejected his deflation program . For this reason, after the parliamentary elections in April 1939, he formed a coalition with the Liberal Party. After the outbreak of World War II , however, he again appointed prominent socialist politicians such as Spaak to his cabinet, who succeeded him on September 3, 1939 in the office of Foreign Minister.

After the invasion of the Wehrmacht in Belgium in May 1940 and the surrender of Brussels on May 17, 1940 it came between Pierlot and King Leopold III. a serious conflict as the monarch refused to follow the government into exile in London . Pierlot thereupon rejected all responsibility for the king's attitude and shortly afterwards informed the parliament in Limoges of the government's plan to move into exile in London. After the present members of the Chamber of Deputies had approved the plans for a government in exile , Pierlot headed the London government in exile between May 25, 1940 and September 8, 1944. In this government he was also Minister for National Defense from 1940 to 1944 and Minister for Public Education from 1940 to 1942.

On September 8, 1944, the government returned to Belgium after the liberation by the Allied forces . Pierlot remained Prime Minister until he was succeeded by Achille Van Acker on February 12, 1945.

Subsequently, he was awarded the honorary title of Minister of State by the regent Prince Karl and he was raised to the nobility of a count .

Pierlot then withdrew from active politics and worked as a lawyer again.

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SURNAME Pierlot, Hubert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pierlot, Hubert Marie Eugène
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Cugnon, Luxembourg Province
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1963
Place of death Uccle