Paul de Smet de Naeyer
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Paul Joseph, Count de Smet de Naeyer (13 May 1843[1] – 9 September 1913[2]) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 1896 to January 1899 and again from August 1899 to 1907.
Born in Ghent, son of a cotton industrialist, he was himself also an industrialist and a banker. He was head of the Société Générale de Belgique and the owner of several coal mines.
He represented Ghent and Eeklo in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1886 to 1908,[3] and served in the Belgian Senate from 1908 to 1913.[4] He served in several governments, as Minister of Finance from 1894 to 1896, and again from 1899 to 1907, combining the portfolio with the Ministry of Public Works. He was the prime minister of Belgium from 1896 to 1899, and again from 1899 to 1907. He was a strong supporter and personal friend of Leopold II of Belgium, blocking efforts to investigate atrocities in the Congo Free State.[5] He was also a proponent of annexing the state in 1900, prior to it becoming Belgian Congo.[6]
Honours
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- National
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- 1899: Minister of State, by Royal Decree.
- 1900: Created Count de Smet de Naeyer, by Royal Decree.
- Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold[7]
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the African Star[7]
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- Foreign
- File:Flag of France.svg France: Knight Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour[7]
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan: Knight Grand Cross in the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun[7]
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Redeemer[7]
- File:Flag of Vatican City (2023–present).svg Holy See: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Pius IX[7]
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the White Eagle[7]
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bavarian Crown[7]
- File:Flag of Prussia (1892-1918).svg Prussia: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Red Eagle[7]
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- 1843 births
- 1913 deaths
- Ministers of state of Belgium
- Ministers of finance of Belgium
- Catholic Party (Belgium) politicians
- Counts of Belgium
- Politicians from Ghent
- Prime ministers of Belgium
- 19th-century Belgian businesspeople
- Recipients of the Order of the Star of Romania
- Businesspeople from Ghent