Jean Duvieusart

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Jean Duvieusart
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office
8 June 1950  16 August 1950
Monarch Charles (Regent)
Preceded by Gaston Eyskens
Succeeded by Joseph Pholien
Personal details
Born (1900-04-10)10 April 1900
Les Bons Villers, Belgium
Died 10 October 1977(1977-10-10) (aged 77)
Charleroi, Belgium
Political party Christian Social Party

Jean Pierre Duvieusart (10 April 1900 in Les Bons Villers – 10 October 1977 in Charleroi) was a Belgian Catholic politician of the PSC-CVP and minister of economy (1947–1950, 1952–1954). After two months as the 36th Prime Minister of Belgium (1950), he resigned after the abdication of King Leopold III. He was president of the European Parliament (1964–1965) and president of the Rassemblement wallon and the Front Démocratique des Bruxellois Francophones (FDF) (1968–1972).

Political offices
Preceded by
Gaston Eyskens
Prime Minister of Belgium
1950
Succeeded by
Joseph Pholien
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