Prosper Poullet

Belgian politician

Prosper Poullet


Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 17 June 1925 – 20 May 1926
Monarch	Albert I
Preceded by	Aloys Van de Vyvere
Succeeded by	Henri Jaspar
President of the Chamber of Representatives
In office 29 June 1917 – 10 December 1919
Preceded by	Frans Schollaert
Succeeded by	Emile Brunet

Personal details
Born	(1868-03-05)5 March 1868 Leuven, Belgium
Died	3 December 1937(1937-12-03) (aged 69) Leuven, Belgium
Political party	Catholic Party
Alma mater	Catholic University of Leuven

Prosper Antoine Marie Joseph, Viscount Poullet (5 March 1868 – 3 December 1937) was a Belgian politician.

Born in Leuven, Poullet studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven and was later a professor at the university. He was of member of K.A.V. Lovania Leuven, a Catholic student fraternity associated with the Union of Catholic German Student Fraternities.

A successful politician, Poullet was a member of the Catholic Party and sat in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. He frequently held ministerial office between 1911 and 1934, holding the Arts and Science portfolio from 1911 to 1918, Railways and Posts from 1919 to 1920, Interior minister in 1924–1925 and 1932–1934, Economic affairs in 1925, Justice in 1925–1926 and War in 1926. He served as the prime minister of Belgium in 1925–1926 and was named an honorary minister of State on leaving office.

Private life

He was married to Maria de Monge, viscountess de Franeau (Louvain 1871–1953).^[1]

Honours

Belgium: Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown, by RD of 15.11.1921.^[1]
Belgium: Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold, by RD of 13.11.1919.^[1]
Netherlands: Grand Cross in the Order of Orange-Nassau^[1]
Norway: Commander in the Order of Saint Olav^[1]
Denmark: Order of the Dannebrog^[1]
Romania: Order of the Crown, Romania
Honorary Professor, University of Leuven

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "POULLET". www.ars-moriendi.be.

External links

Media related to Prosper Poullet at Wikimedia Commons
Prosper Poullet in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures
Archives of Prosper Poullet in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures
Collection of Prosper Poullet in KU Leuven Libraries

Political offices
Preceded by Frans Schollaert	President of the Chamber of Representatives 1917–1919	Succeeded by Emile Brunet
Preceded by Aloys Van de Vyvere	Prime Minister of Belgium 1925–1926	Succeeded by Henri Jaspar

Prime ministers of Belgium

v t e Justice ministers of Belgium
1831–1899	Gendebien (1831) Barthélémy (1831) Raikem (1831–32) Lebeau (1832–34) Ernst (1834–39) J-B. Nothomb (1839) Raikem (1839–40) Leclerq (1840–41) Van Volxem (1841–42) J-B. Nothomb (1842–43) d'Anethan (1843–47) de Haussy (1847–50) Tesch (1850–52) Faider (1852–55) A. Nothomb (1855–57) Tesch (1857–65) Bara (1865–70) Cornesse (1870–71) T. de Lantsheere (1871–78) Bara (1878–84) Woeste (1884) Devolder (1884–87) Le Jeune (1887–94) Begerem (1894–99)
1900–1999	Van den Heuvel (1899–1907) Renkin (1907–08) L. de Lantsheere (1908–11) Carton de Wiart (1911–18) Vandervelde (1918–21) Van de Vyere (1921) Masson (1921–25) Théodor (1925) Tschoffen (1925) Poullet (1925–26) Hymans (1926–27) Janson (1927–31) Cocq (1931–32) Janson (1932–34) Bovesse (1934–35) Soudan (1935–36) Bovesse (1936–37) Pierlot (1937) de Laveleye (1937) Maistriau (1937) du Bus de Warnaffe (1937–38) Pholien (1938–39) Van Dievoet (1939) de Schryver (1939) Soudan (1939) Janson (1939) Soudan (1939–40) Janson (1940) de Vleeschauwer (1940–42) Delfosse (1942–44) Verbaet (1944–45) du Bus de Warnaffe (1945) Grégoire (1945–46) Rolin (1946) Van Glabbeke (1946) Lilar (1946–47) Struye (1947–48) Moreau de Melen (1948–49) Lilar (1949–50) Carton de Wiart (1950) Moyersoen (1950–52) Pholien (1952) Lagae (1952) du Bus de Warnaffe (1952–54) Lilar (1954–58) Harmel (1958) Merchiers (1958–60) Lilar (1960–61) Vermeylen (1961–65) Wigny (1965–68) Vranckx (1968–73) Vanderpoorten (1973–77) Van Elslande (1977–80) Vanderpoorten (1980) Moureaux (1980–81) Gol (1981–88) Wathelet (1988–95) De Clerck (1995–98) Van Parys (1998–99)
2000–present	Verwilghen (1999–2003) Onkelinx (2003–07) Vandeurzen (2007–08) De Clerck (2008–11) Turtelboom (2011–14) De Block (2014) Geens (2014–2020) Van Quickenborne (2020–2023) Van Tigchelt (2023-)