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Henri de Brouckère

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Monarch
  
Leopold I

Role
  
Belgian Politician

Preceded by
  
Charles Rogier

Parents
  
Charles de Brouckere


Political party
  
Liberal Party

Party
  
Liberal Party

Name
  
Henri Brouckere

Succeeded by
  
Pierre de Decker

Henri de Brouckere

Born
  
25 January 1801 Bruges, France (now Belgium) (
1801-01-25
)

Died
  
January 25, 1891, Brussels, Belgium

Jonkheer Henri Ghislain Joseph Marie Hyacinthe de Brouckère (25 January 1801 – 25 January 1891) was a Belgian nobleman and liberal politician. Born in Bruges, he was a magistrate, and a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His brother Charles was mayor of Brussels.

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He served as governor of Antwerp from 1840 to 1844, and of Liège from 1844 to 1846. He headed a Liberal government from 1852 to 1855 as the ninth Prime Minister. In 1863 he became the first mayor of Auderghem.

Honours

  •  Belgium: Iron Cross.
  •  Belgium: Minister of State, by Royal Decree.
  •  Belgium: Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold.
  • Knight Grand Cross in the Saxe-Ernestine House Order.
  •  Austria:Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Leopold of Austria.
  •  France: Knight Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour.
  • Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Charles III.
  • Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.
  • Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Gregory the Great.
  • Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Januarius.
  •  Portugal:Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Christ.
  • Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Louis.
  •  Netherlands:Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

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