Henri Jaspar | |
Office: | Prime Minister of Belgium |
Term Start: | 20 May 1926 |
Term End: | 6 June 1931 |
Predecessor: | Prosper Poullet |
Successor: | Jules Renkin |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1870 |
Birth Place: | Schaerbeek, Belgium |
Death Place: | Saint-Gilles, Belgium |
Party: | Catholic Party |
Henri 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;
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J.E. Helmreich, "Paul Hymans and Henri Jaspar, Contrasting Diplomatic Styles, Studia Diplomatica, 39 (1986) 669–81.
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