Jules Bara

Jules Bara ( born August 3, 1835 in Tournai, † June 26, 1900 in Sint- Joost - ten-Node ) was a Belgian statesman.

Scientific Work

Bara studied law, graduated with a doctorate to Dr. Jur and worked as a lawyer. Later he taught in Brussels as a professor at the university.

Policy

Between November 1862 and 1894 Jules Bara was Member of Parliament for the electoral district of the arrondissement of Tournai in the Chamber of Deputies. In Parliament, he soon gained as one of the first speakers on the liberal side. After the resignation of Justice Minister Victor Tesch, he was appointed to this post. He brought an immediate submission law to abolish the death penalty, but was rejected in June 1868; the other hand, he sat in 1869 by the abolition of imprisonment for debt.

After July 2, 1870, the Ministry of Frère- Orban had resigned, Bara took his seat as a deputy in the chamber again. With great vehemence, he led in November 1871, the attacks of his party against the clerical ministry d' Anethan, as this intricate in the infamous Long Edge Dumonceau affair clericals Pieter Dedecker appointed governor of Limburg, and brought it to the event. Also submit the following clerical Ministry Malou he fought with tireless endurance because of his weakness against the pretensions, malfeasance and unconstitutional agitation of the ultramontane and the clergy, as well as because of the occupation of all offices, especially all judgeships, with resolute supporters of the clerical party.

As in the elections on 11 June 1878, the Liberals achieved an equally unexpected and decisive victory and the Ministry Malou was released, Bara took over again in the Cabinet formed by Frère- Orban, the Justice Department, which he maintained until 1884. 1894-1900 he was then a member of the Senate.