Jules Renkin

Jules Laurent Jean Renkin ( born December 3, 1862 in Elsene, † July 15, 1934 in Brussels) was a Belgian Catholic politician and Prime Minister.

Studies and professional activities

After studying law and the promotion of Doctor iuris in 1884 at the Catholic University of Leuven, he worked as a lawyer. In 1891 he co-founded the journal L' Avenir Social - Journal démocratique catholique.

Political career

Member of Parliament

First Renkin was a member of the Christian Democratic wing of the Katholijke Partij and took over the course of his political life increasingly conservative positions. 1895 to 1907 he was a member of the municipal council of Elsene. From 1896 until his death he was a member of the House of Representatives and represented the interests of the arrondissement of Brussels there.

Minister

In 1907 he was appointed Minister of Prime Minister Jules de Trooz the first time and headed in his cabinet on May 2, 1907 to January 9, 1908, the Ministry of Justice. Then he was on 9 January 1908 to November 21, 1918 for over ten years, the first Minister for the Colonies in the Cabinets of Frans Schollaert, Charles de Broqueville and Gerhard Cooreman. Both previously and in this office he campaigned for the inclusion of the Congo as a Belgian colony and adopted during the First World War, several decrees to manage the Congo.

21 November 1918 to 16 December 1921, he was Minister of Post, Telegraph and railroads in the governments of Léon Delacroix and Henri Carton de Wiart and additionally from 1919 to 1920 Minister of the Interior. 1920, the royal honorary title he was awarded " State Minister ".

Prime Minister from 1931 to 1932

Until his appointment as Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of Public Health on June 6, 1931, he exercised no other ministerial posts, but was returned to the bar. His lasting until October 22, 1932 reign was marked by legislative changes in the areas of administration and instruction as well as the growing economic crisis. Most recently, he took over also the finance minister in his cabinet.

Biographical sources

  • Biography in the Nieuwe Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging
  • Biography on the website of the Belgium Prime Minister
  • Obituary in ars- moriendi
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