- Paul-Emile Janson
Paul-Emile Janson (
30 May ,1872 –3 March 1944 ) was a Belgian liberal politician.Born in
Brussels , Janson was the son of liberal statesmanPaul Janson (died 1913). He studied law at theFree University of Brussels (now split into theUniversité Libre de Bruxelles and theVrije Universiteit Brussel ), practised as a lawyer, and also taught at the university. Janson was elected as a liberal to theBelgian Chamber of Representatives in 1910. He held various minister posts including War, Justice and Foreign affairs. He was made an honoraryMinister of State in 1931.He served as
Prime Minister of Belgium in 1937–1938. In the early part of theSecond World War , Janson served as Foreign minister, and as minister with portfolio, in the government ofHubert Pierlot . He remained inFrance when the government in exile moved toLondon . In 1943 he was detained by the occupying German forces and incarcerated in theBuchenwald concentration camp . He died there in 1944.Marie Janson , the first woman to be elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1921, the mother ofPaul-Henri Spaak , was his sister.ee also
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