Misplaced Pages

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Léon Delacroix" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Léon Delacroix
Delacroix in 1924
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 21 November 1918 – 20 November 1920
Monarch	Albert I
Preceded by	Gérard Cooreman
Succeeded by	Henry Carton de Wiart
Personal details
Born	(1867-12-27)27 December 1867 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium
Died	15 October 1929(1929-10-15) (aged 61) Baden-Baden, Germany
Political party	Catholic Party

Léon Frédéric Gustave Delacroix (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ fʁedeʁik ɡystav dəlakʁwa]; 27 December 1867 – 15 October 1929) was a Belgian statesman. Before entering politics, he was a renowned lawyer, and served as president of the Belgian Court of Cassation from 1917 to 1918. In the context of reconstruction after World War I, he was appointed the prime minister and served from 1918 to 1920. During his term, universal suffrage for men was enacted. He was also the minister of Finance from 1918 to 1920.

See also

• Bank for International Settlements

References

1. Goethem, Herman van (2010). Belgium and the Monarchy: From National Independence to National Disintegration. Asp / Vubpress / Upa. pp. 133–135. ISBN 978-90-5487-698-4.
2. Landauer, Carl (2022-08-19). European Socialism, Volume II: The Socialist Struggle Against Capitalism and Totalitarianism. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-34564-5.

External links

Media related to Léon Delacroix at Wikimedia Commons

• Léon Delacroix in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Prime ministers of Belgium
de Gerlache Lebeau de Muelenaere Goblet d'Alviella de Theux de Meylandt Lebeau Nothomb Van de Weyer de Theux de Meylandt Rogier de Brouckère de Decker Rogier Frère-Orban d'Anethan Malou Frère-Orban Malou Beernaert de Burlet de Smet de Naeyer Vandenpeereboom de Smet de Naeyer de Trooz Schollaert de Broqueville Cooreman Delacroix Carton de Wiart Theunis Van de Vyvere Poullet Jaspar Renkin de Broqueville Theunis van Zeeland Janson Spaak Pierlot Van Acker Spaak Van Acker Huysmans Spaak G. Eyskens Duvieusart Pholien Van Houtte Van Acker G. Eyskens Lefèvre Harmel Vanden Boeynants G. Eyskens Leburton Tindemans Vanden Boeynants Martens M. Eyskens Martens Dehaene Verhofstadt Leterme Van Rompuy Leterme Di Rupo Michel Wilmès De Croo

This article about a Brussels politician is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article about a Walloon politician is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1867 births
• 1929 deaths
• Ministers of state of Belgium
• Catholic Party (Belgium) politicians
• Ministers of finance of Belgium
• People from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
• Prime ministers of Belgium
• Court of Cassation (Belgium) judges
• Brussels politician stubs
• Walloon politician stubs