Jules Malou

Jules Édouard Xavier Malou (born October 19, 1810 in Ypres , † July 11, 1886 in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe ) was a Belgian statesman .

Life

Malou studied in Liège , became director of the Ministry of Justice in 1840 and was a member of the Second Chamber from 1841 , where he represented the interests of the ultramontane party. In 1844 he was appointed governor of Antwerp and on July 30, 1845, he was appointed finance minister alongside the liberal Sylvain van de Weyer . During the ministerial crisis in March 1846, he remained in office, but in 1847, after the liberal election failure, he laid down his portfolio. In 1850 he was re-elected to the Chamber and has been a leader of the clerical party ever since. From 1862 to 1864 he was a member of the Senate. At the end of 1871 he became Minister of Finance and, although not in name, head of the ultramontane ministry which held its own until June 1878. Afterwards Malou was the leader of the clerical opposition in the Chamber of Deputies. In 1884 Prime Minister, he abolished the liberal school rules, but aroused such indignation in the cities that the most clerical members of his cabinet received their farewells, whereupon he also resigned.

Works

In addition to smaller fonts, he wrote:

Notices historiques sur les finances de la Belgique de 1831–65 (Paris 1867)
Lettres sur les chemins de fer de l'État belge (Brussels 1867–1868)

literature

Laurence van Ypersele: L'image du Roi dans la caricature politique en Belgique de 1884 à 1914 (French)

personal data
SURNAME	Malou, Jules
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Malou, Jules Édouard Xavier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian statesman
DATE OF BIRTH	October 19, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ypres
DATE OF DEATH	July 11, 1886
Place of death	Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe