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 served as a Belgian delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. 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 : Minister of State, by Royal decree : Grand Cross in the Order of Leopold Grand Cross in the Order of Pius IX : Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus : 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
Henri Jaspar in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures