Pierre Chazal

Pierre Chazal

Pierre Emanuel Félix Baron Chazal (born January 1, 1808 in Tarbes , Hautes-Pyrénées , † January 25, 1892 in Pau , Pyrénées-Atlantiques ) was a French - Belgian general and politician .

Life

Chazal was the son of a previous member of the convent who died during the Restoration in Belgium. Chazal was initially trained for the commercial class in Brussels, took part in the revolutionary movement and the war against Holland in 1830 and quickly advanced to general manager of the army. After the restructuring and reorganization of the Belgian army , he was promoted to second general in 1842 and first general in 1847.

In recognition of his services to the Belgian army, the Chamber granted him the great naturalization in 1844 . After the overthrow of the clerical cabinet, Chazal, who had consistently been a liberal, entered the cabinet of Walthère Frère-Orban and Charles Rogier as Minister of War on August 12, 1847 , a post he honored until his opposition to the reduction of the military budget and some other circumstances in 1850 caused his resignation.

In 1859 Chazal was reappointed Minister of War. His main merit was the reorganization of Antwerp into a strong central position for the army, in whose realization he saw the keystone of the country's political security.

In the stormy debates about the Belgian-Mexican Legion in the beginning of 1865, offended by the MP Jan Delaet , he challenged the same to a duel. The duel, which took place on April 8, gave the Chamber the opportunity to finalize the law on the prosecution of crimes and offenses committed by ministers outside their office.

As a result, Chazal's position was not sustainable in the long run, and so he resigned from the Ministry in November 1866, in 1870 he was appointed lieutenant general and commander of the mobilized army corps, and in 1874 he was appointed commander of one of the two military districts. But he soon took his leave, resigned from all his offices and only served King Leopold II as adjutant general.

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