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Nationality
  
Belgian

Name
  
Charles Brouckere

Religion
  
Roman Catholicism

Party
  
Occupation
  
Politician, nobleman

Parents
  
Charles de Brouckere

Political party
  
Liberal Party

Role
  
Belgian Politician


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Preceded by
  
Francois-Jean Wyns de Raucour

Full Name
  
Charles Joseph Marie Ghislain de Brouckere

Born
  
January 18, 1796Bruges, Austrian Netherlands (
1796-01-18
)

Alma mater
  
Universite libre de Bruxelles (honorific)

Died
  
April 20, 1860, Brussels, Belgium

Education
  
Universite libre de Bruxelles

Succeeded by
  
Andre-Napoleon Fontainas

Jonkheer Charles Joseph Marie Ghislain de Brouckère (18 January 1796 – 20 April 1860) was a Belgian nobleman and liberal politician.

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Born in Bruges, elder brother of future Prime Minister of Belgium Henri de Brouckère, Charles entered politics in the period when modern Belgium formed the southern part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. He worked as a banker in Maastricht and served as a representative for the province of Limburg in the Second Chamber of parliament.

During the Belgian Revolution of 1830, De Brouckère was among the francophile, francophone party which favoured annexation by France.

In the newly independent Belgium he served as Finance minister, Interior minister, and War minister, for short periods in 1831.

He taught as a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and in 1848 became mayor of Brussels, a post he held continuously until his death. He is interred at Brussels Cemetery, and was responsible for major urban renewal in the city, including the creation of water mains and the creation of the first boulevards in Brussels.

The Place de Brouckère, and De Brouckère station, in central Brussels are named after him.

Honours

  •  Belgium: Iron Cross.
  •  Belgium: Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold
  • References

    Charles de Brouckère Wikipedia


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