Hispanopedia WikiHenri Jaspar (28 July 1870 – 15 February 1939) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1926 to 1931.
He was born in Schaerbeek and trained as a lawyer. Jaspar represented Liège as a Catholic in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1919 until 1936. He helped create the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union in 1921. In 1924, he was made an honorary minister of State.
Jaspar held several ministerial positions including;
- Minister of Economic Affairs (1918–1920)
- Foreign Minister (1920–1924 and 1934)
- Minister of Finance (1932–1934)
Honours
Belgium: Minister of State, by Royal decree- Belgium: Grand Cross in the Order of Leopold[1]
- Grand Cross in the Order of Pius IX
France: Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour- Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Kingdom of Italy: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Sweden: Grand Cross with Chain in the Order of Vasa
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References
- ^ "JASPAR". www.ars-moriendi.be. Archived from the original on 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
J.E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy, 1976
J.E. Helmreich, "Paul Hymans and Henri Jaspar, Contrasting Diplomatic Styles, Studia Diplomatica, 39 (1986) 669–81.
External links
- Newspaper clippings about Henri Jaspar in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
- Henri Jaspar in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine