Gérard Cooreman
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Born in Ghent, Cooreman was trained in law, and practised as a lawyer, but was more active as a businessman and financier, and became involved with Catholic social groups.
In 1892 Cooreman was elected to the Belgian Senate, and from 1898 to 1914 he represented Ghent in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, holding the position of leader of the Chamber from 1908 to 1912.
He held office as Labour and Industry minister for a short time in 1899, and on the fall of Frans Schollaert's government in 1911 he was asked to become the prime minister of Belgium and form the new government, but declined. He was appointed an honorary Minister of State in 1912 and left politics in 1914 to become a director of the Société Générale de Belgique.
During the First World War, Cooreman followed the Belgian government into exile at Le Havre. On the fall of Charles de Broqueville, King Albert I of Belgium appointed Cooreman to lead a new government on 1 June 1918. With the end of the war in November 1918, Cooreman resigned as the prime minister.
Honours
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium: Minister of State, by Royal Decree.
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium: Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold, By royal Decree of 1918.
- File:Flag of France.svg France: Knight grand Cross in the Legion of Honour[1]
- File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden: Knight grand Cross in the Order of the Polar Star[1]
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom: Knight grand Cross in the Royal Victorian Order[1]
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan: Knight grand Cross in the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun[1]
- Knight Commander in the Order of Pius IX[1]
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- 1852 births
- 1926 deaths
- Ministers of state of Belgium
- Industry ministers of Belgium
- Ministers of labour of Belgium
- Catholic Party (Belgium) politicians
- Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun
- Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- Politicians from Ghent
- Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
- Prime ministers of Belgium