Henri Jaspar
Henri Jaspar was a Belgian Catholic Party politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1926 to 1931.
He was born in Schaerbeek and trained as a lawyer. Jaspar represented Liège as a Catholic in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1919 until 1936. He served as a Belgian delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He helped create the Belgium-Luxembourg [Economic Union] in 1921. In 1924, he was made an honorary minister of State.
Jaspar held several ministerial positions including;
- Minister of Economic Affairs
- Foreign Minister
- Minister of Finance
Honours
- : Minister of State, by Royal decree
- : Grand Cross in the Order of Leopold
- Grand Cross in the Order of Pius IX
- : Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour
- Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
- : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- : Grand Cross with Chain in the Order of Vasa