Charles Rogier
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Charles Rogier | |
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8th Prime Minister of Belgium | |
In office 12 August 1847 – 31 October 1852 | |
Monarch | Leopold I |
Preceded by | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt |
Succeeded by | Henri de Brouckère |
In office 9 November 1857 – 3 January 1868 | |
Monarchs | Leopold I Leopold II |
Preceded by | Pierre de Decker |
Succeeded by | Walthère Frère-Orban |
President of the Chamber of Representatives | |
In office 1 August 1878 – 13 November 1878 | |
Preceded by | Xavier Victor Thibaut |
Succeeded by | Jules Guillery |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Quentin, France | 17 August 1800
Died | 27 May 1885 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium | (aged 84)
Political party | Liberal Party |
Alma mater | University of Liège |
Charles Latour Rogier (17 August 1800 – 27 May 1885) was a Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He became Prime Minister of Belgium on two separate occasions: from 1847 to 1852, and again from 1857 to 1868.
Career
Rogier descended from a family settled in the department of the Nord in France. He was born in Saint-Quentin. His father, an officer in the French army, perished in the Russian Campaign of 1812. The family then moved to the Belgian city of Liège, where the eldest son, Firmin, held a professorship. Rogier studied Law at the University of Liège (ULg) and was admitted to the Bar. However, he devoted himself with greater zeal to journalistic campaigns against the Dutch rule in Belgium, established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815. In 1824, in collaboration with his lifelong friends Paul Devaux and Joseph Lebeau, he founded the journal Mathieu Laensberg (afterwards Le Politique). With its ardent patriotism and its attacks on the Dutch administration, the journal soon achieved widespread influence.
On the outbreak of the insurrection at Brussels in August 1830, Rogier went there with a militia of about 300 citizens of Liège. In Brussels he gained recognition as one of the most active among the patriot leaders. He became a member of the provisional government established in October of the same year, and after the election of Leopold I as King in June 1831, he was made Governor of Antwerp. During his first stint as Interior Minister, from 1832 to 1834, he brought into existence the Belgian railway system. From 1840 to 1841 he was Minister of Public Works and Education, and from 1861 to 1868 he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Today, one of central Brussels' landmarks, the Place Rogier / Rogierplein, commemorates his name.
Honours
- Belgium:
- Minister of State, By Royal decree.
- Iron Cross.[1]
- Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold.[2][3]
- Austrian Empire: Grand Cross in the Austrian Imperial Order of Leopold[4]
- France: Knight Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour.[5][6]
- Kingdom of Italy: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.[7]
- Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.[8][9]
- Kingdom of Portugal: Grand Cross in the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa.[10]
- Russian Empire: Knight Grand Cross in the Imperial Order of the White Eagle.[11][12]
- Spain: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Charles III.[13][14]
- Sweden: Grand Cross in the Order of the Polar Star.[15]
- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Grand Cross in the Saxe-Ernestine House Order.[16]
- Kingdom of Prussia: Grand Cross in the Order of the Red Eagle.[17]
Gallery
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Rogier à la tête des volontaires de Liège - Rogier at the head of the Liège volunteers (Charles Soubre, 1878)
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Belgian independence monument in Parc d'Avroy, Liege, dedicated to Charles Rogier
Publications
- Discailles, Ernest (1830). Charles Rogier (1800-1885), d'après des documents inédits (in French). J. Lebègue.
See also
References
- Notes
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/ROGIER.HTM
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/ROGIER.HTM
- ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p137
- ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p137
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/ROGIER.HTM
- ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p137
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/ROGIER.HTM
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/ROGIER.HTM
- ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p137
- ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p137
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/ROGIER.HTM
- ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p137
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/ROGIER.HTM
- ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p137
- ^ The London Gazette: The Appointed Organ for All Announcements of the Executive. 1863,5/8
- ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p137
- ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p137
- Bibliography
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rogier, Charles Latour". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 458–459. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Rogier, Charles Latour". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- Works by or about Charles Rogier at Internet Archive
- Media related to Charles Rogier at Wikimedia Commons
- 1800 births
- 1885 deaths
- Prime Ministers of Belgium
- Governors of Antwerp (province)
- 19th-century Belgian people
- Belgian journalists
- Belgian Ministers of State
- Belgian people of French descent
- Liberal Party (Belgium) politicians
- Members of the National Congress of Belgium
- People from Antwerp (province)
- People from Saint-Quentin, Aisne
- Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
- University of Liège alumni
- People of the Belgian Revolution
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
- Order of the Polar Star
- Grand Crosses of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
- 19th-century French journalists
- French male journalists
- 19th-century male writers
- National anthem writers