Jules de Burlet

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Officeholder Jules Philippe Marie de Burlet (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 10 April 1844[1] – 1 March 1897[2]) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 1894 to 1896.

Career

Born in Ixelles, de Burlet was educated as a lawyer. He practised law in Nivelles, where he made his home, and he served as mayor of the town from 1872 to 1891.[3]

From 1884 he represented the Nivelles constituency in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives. In 1891 he became Interior minister and in 1894 he left the chamber and became a member of the Belgian Senate. At the same time he became the prime minister of Belgium until 1896.[4] On leaving office he was made an honorary minister of State and served as Belgian ambassador to Portugal in 1896–1897.

He died in Nivelles in 1897.

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