Albert Devèze

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Albert Joseph Charles Devèze (Ieper, 6 June 1881 - Brussels, 28 November 1959) was a Belgian liberal politician and minister. Devèze was a doctor in law and a lawyer. He was a liberal municipality Council member in Schaarbeek and in Elsene and a member of parliament for the district of Brussels (1912-1939 and 1946-1958) and for the district of Verviers (1939-1946). Devèze was President of the Liberal Party in 1927-1932 and was a minister of defense (1920-1923, 1932-1936 and 1949-1950), vice prime-minister (1949-1950), minister of interior (1939-1940) and of economy (1946). In 1930, he became minister of state.

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