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Hubert Pierlot

Hubert Pierlot was Prime Minister of Belgium and led the government in exile in London during the war years. ​

Person

  • Hubert Marie Eugène Pierlot
  • Born on: Dec. 23, 1883
  • Born in: Cugnot, België
  • Died on: Dec. 13, 1963
  • Died in: Ukkel, België

Hubert Pierlot (1883-1963) was a doctor of law and a member of parliament for the Parti Catholique from 1925 on. Between 1934 and 1939, he was, among other things, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Agriculture. From 1939 he was Prime Minister of Belgium[1] and led the government in exile in London during the war years. Once back in Belgium, his cabinet fell in February 1945.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne refers to him as the Prime Minister of Belgium. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 6 June 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. ^ Zie http://premier.fgov.be/nl/biografie/hubert-pierlot (geraadpleegd mei 2012).