Jean-François Tielemans

Jean -François Tielemans (* November 15, 1799 in Brussels, † July 5, 1887 in Ixelles / Elsene ) was a Belgian liberal politician.

Life

Tielemans his doctorate in 1823 in the law at the University of Liège and was subsequently a member of the Brussels Bar Association. Instead his work as a lawyer, however, played in the subsequent period the policy for him a bigger role. 1827 sent him to the Ministry of Education on a study trip to Germany and after his return in 1828 he received a clerkship position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Despite its position Tielemans published a number of critical writings. On February 15, 1830, he was therefore arrested and sentenced to seven years in exile for incitement to revolution.

Tielemans went to Paris, but returned after the outbreak of the September Revolution in Brussels. On October 6, he was a member of the Commission, which was tasked with writing a new constitution for Belgium. Tielemans advocated the form of government of the Republic and therefore refused the final draft of his signature.

From October 10 1830 to February 26, 1831 Tielemans Administrateur Général - was the Committee for Internal Affairs of the Provisional Government, the predecessor institution of the Ministry of Interior later. Then Tielemans was dated 26 February 1831 to March 23, 1831 Minister of the Interior in the first Government of the Kingdom of Belgium.

Tielemans was from 7th April to June 14, 1831 Governor ad interim in Antwerp and 14 June 1831 to October 4, 1832 Governor of Liege. However Tielemans liberal and republican setting ensured in the subsequent period more and more for the displeasure and on October 4, 1832 appointed him Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt of his governorship and appointed him to the Advocate General at the Brussels Court of Appeal. Tielemans refused to do so and began its operations as a lawyer again, this time in Liege.

From 1834 to 1871 was Tielemans councilor at the Brussels Court of Appeal and from 1867 to 1871 its chairman. He was also from 1836 to 1869 worked as a professor of administrative law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, which he co-founded, and he served as rector from 1849 to 1861.

From 1847 to 1848 Tielemans sat for the Arrondissement Brussels in the Chamber of Deputies from 1855 to 1877 in the Brussels city council.

Tielemans was married and had two children.

Works (selection)

• Lettre à Monsieur Van Maanen, sur la responsabilité ministérielle. Coché - Mommens, Brussels, 1829.
• Répertoire de l' administration et du droit de la Belgique administratif. Chalking, Brussels from 1834 to 1856.