- Felix de Muelenaere
Felix Amandus, Count de Muelenaere (
5 April 1793 –5 August 1862 ) was aBelgian Roman Catholic politician.Born in
Pittem , he was a lawyer inBruges and was from 1824 until 1829 member of the Second Chamber of theUnited Kingdom of the Netherlands for the province ofWest Flanders . After the independence of Belgium, he became provincial governor in West Flanders (1830–1831), member of theBelgian Chamber of People's Representatives for the arrondissement of Bruges (1831-1848), and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first Belgian government.After the inauguration of Leopold I as king in 1831, he became Prime Minister until 1832. Afterwards, he became again provincial governor for West-Flanders (1832–1834, 1836–1849) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1834–1836, 1841). From 1850 until his death in 1862 he was member of the Chamber for the arrondissement of
Tielt .
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