Henri Jaspar

Henri Jaspar
Jaspar in 1921
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 20 May 1926 – 6 June 1931
Monarch	Albert I
Preceded by	Prosper Poullet
Succeeded by	Jules Renkin
Personal details
Born	(1870-07-28)28 July 1870 Schaerbeek, Belgium
Died	15 February 1939(1939-02-15) (aged 68) Saint-Gilles, Belgium
Political 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;

• Minister of Economic Affairs (1918–1920)
• Foreign Minister (1920–1924 and 1934)
• Minister of Finance (1932–1934)

Honours

• Belgium: Minister of State, by Royal decree
• Belgium: Grand Cross in the Order of Leopold
• Grand Cross in the Order of Pius IX
• France: Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour
• Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
• Kingdom of Italy: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
• Sweden: Grand Cross with Chain in the Order of Vasa

References

J.E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy, 1976

J.E. Helmreich, "Paul Hymans and Henri Jaspar, Contrasting Diplomatic Styles, Studia Diplomatica, 39 (1986) 669–81.

External links

• Newspaper clippings about Henri Jaspar in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
• Henri Jaspar in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine