Maurice Rouvier was a French statesman of the "Opportunist" faction, who served as the Prime Minister of France. He is best known for his financial policies and his unpopular policies designed to avoid a rupture with Germany.
Théophile Delcassé was a French statesman and foreign minister 1898-1905. He is best known for his hatred of Germany and efforts to secure alliances with Russia and Great Britain that became the Entente Cordiale. He belonged to Radical party and was a protege of Léon Gambetta.
The National Bank of Belgium has been the central bank of Belgium since 1850. The National Bank of Belgium was established with 100% private capital by a law of 5 May 1850 as a naamloze vennootschap (NV). It is a member of the European System of Central Banks.
Emile Vandervelde was a Belgian socialist politician. Nicknamed "the boss", Vandervelde was a leading figure in the Belgian Labour Party (POB–BWP) and in international socialism.
Charles Marie Pierre Albert, 1st Count de Broqueville was the 20th Prime Minister of Belgium, serving during World War I.
Henry Victor Marie Ghislain, Count Carton de Wiart was the 23rd prime minister of Belgium from 20 November 1920 to 6 May 1921. He was member of the aristocratic house of Carton de Wiart, his brother Edmond Carton de Wiart was the Grand Marshall of King Baudouin.
Georges (George) Emile Léonard Theunis was the 24th Prime Minister of Belgium from 16 December 1921 to 13 May 1925 and again from 20 November 1934 to 25 March 1935. He was governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1941 until 1944. He was Minister of Finance from 1920 to 1925.
Jules Laurent Jean Louis Renkin was a Belgian politician.
Eugène Marie Ignace Prévinaire was a Belgian businessman, liberal politician, civil servant, and from 1870 to 1877, governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB).
André-Eugène Pirson was a Belgian liberal politician, civil servant, and former governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1877 until 1881. From 1857 to 1861, he was a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
Alexandre Marie Auguste Jamar was a Belgian businessman, liberal politician and former governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1882 until 1888. From 1868 to 1870, he was Minister of Public Works, in the government of Walthère Frère-Orban.
Victor Van Hoegaerden was a Belgian businessman and governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1891 until 1905.
Léon Van der Rest (1846–1932) was a Belgian lawyer, businessman and governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1918 until 1923.
Fernand Hautain (1858–1942) was a Belgian businessman and governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1923 until 1926.
Marcel-Henri Jaspar, was a Belgian lawyer, politician, and later diplomat. He is best known for his unsuccessful attempt to establish an unrecognised Belgian government in London in 1940 during World War II.
Two successive Belgian governments were established at Sainte-Adresse, near Le Havre, in France during World War I when most of Belgium was under German occupation after October 1914. They were both led by Charles de Broqueville as prime minister. The first government, known as the de Broqueville I government, was a Catholic government which elected in 1911 and continued until 1916, when it was joined by Socialists and Liberals expanding it into the de Broqueville II government which would last until 1 June 1918.
Michel Édouard Levie was a Belgian politician and member of the Catholic Party. He was a doctor of law, and also practiced as a lawyer.
Alphonse Lambert Joseph Fernand Cocq was a Belgian Liberal politician who served as Minister of Justice.
Events in the year 1833 in Belgium.
Henri Joseph Georges Carton de Tournai (1878–1969) was a Belgian lawyer and Catholic Party politician who was a member of the Belgian Senate and Chamber of Representatives, and a government minister.
