Henri Jaspar

Henri Jaspar
27th 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) Sint-Gillis, Belgium
Political party	Catholic Party

Henri Jaspar (28 July 1870 – 15 February 1939) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.

Jaspar was born in Schaerbeek and trained as a lawyer. He 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, and served as the 27th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1926 to 1931. In 1924 he was made an honorary Minister of State.

He 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