Liberal Party (Belgium)

Liberal Party (Belgium)

The Liberal Party was a Belgian political party that existed from 1846 until 1961, when it became the Party for Freedom and Progress, "Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang/Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès" or PVV-PLP, under the leadership of Omer Vanaudenhove.

History

The Liberal Party was founded in 1846 and as such was the first political party of Belgium. Walthère Frère-Orban wrote the first charter for the new party. From 1887 until 1900, The Progressive Party (French: Parti Progressiste, Dutch: Progressieve Partij) existed as a separate progressive Liberal party.

Presidents

* 1920 - 1921 : Albert Mechelynck
* 1924 - 1926 : Edouard Pécher
* 1927 - 1933 : Albert Devèze
* 1933 - 1934 : Octave Dierckx
* 1935 - 1936 : Léon Dens
* 1936 - 1937 : Victor de Laveleye
* 1937 - 1940 : Emile Coulonvaux
* 1940 - 1945 : Jane Brigode and Fernand Demets (co-presidency)
* 1945 - 1953 : Roger Motz
* 1953 - 1954 : Henri Liebaert
* 1954 - 1958 : Maurice Destenay
* 1958 - 1961 : Roger Motz
* 1961 : Omer Vanaudenhove

Notable members

*Jules Bara
*Gustave Boël (1837-1912), industrialist
*Charles Buls, mayor of Brussels (1881-1899)
*Eugène Defacqz
*François-Philippe de Haussy, (1789-1869), first governor of the National Bank of Belgium
*Constant de Kerchove de Denterghem
*Walthère Frère-Orban
*Charles Graux
*Paul Hymans, first President of the League of Nations
*Paul Janson
*Paul-Émile Janson
*Joseph Lebeau
*Albert Lilar
*Adolphe Max, mayor of Brussels (1909-1939)
*Eudore Pirmez
*Eugène Prévinaire, (1805-1877), second governor of the National Bank of Belgium.
*Jean Rey (1902-1983), President of the European Commission
*Charles Rogier
*Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns
*Ernest Solvay (1838-1922), chemist, industrialist and philanthropist.
*Henri Story (1897-1944)
*Pierre Van Humbeeck
*Jan Van Rijswijck
*Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, founder of the Université Libre de Bruxelles
*Raoul Warocqué

ee also

* Politics of Belgium
* Liberal Archive
* Liberalism in Belgium
* Progressive Party

ource

* [http://www.liberaalarchief.be/ Liberal Archive]
* Th. Luykx, M. Platel, "Politieke geschiedenis van België", 2 vol., Kluwer, 1985
* E. Witte, J. Craeybeckx, A. Meynen, "Politieke geschiedenis van België", Standaard, 1997


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