Paul Hymans
Paul Hymans | |
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Ixelles/Elsene, Belgium | |
| Died | 8 March 1941 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | politician |
Paul Louis Adrien Henri Hymans (23 March 1865 – 8 March 1941), was a Belgian politician associated with the Liberal Party. He was the second president of the League of Nations and served again as its president in 1932–1933.
Life
Hymans was the son of the Belgian writer and historian
Universite Libre de Bruxelles. As a politician, he became Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, holding this post from 1918 to 1920 (and again from 1927 to 1935), was Minister of Justice from 1926 to 1927 and member of the Council of Ministers from 1935 to 1936. In 1919, together with Charles de Broqueville and Emile Vandervelde he introduced universal suffrage for all men (one man, one vote) and compulsory education
.
As foreign minister during the
Kellogg-Briand Pact for Belgium.[4]
A
Les Amis Philanthropes of the Grand Orient of Belgium in Brussels. He is interred in the Ixelles Cemetery in Brussels
.
Bibliography
- Paul Hymans, Pages liberales (E: Liberal Notes), 1936
Notes
- ^ Gergely, Thomas. "Salomon Louis Hymans et la Brabançonne". Institut D'etudes du Judaisme. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Over Louis Hymans". www.bibliotheek.be. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ Marks, Sally (2010). Paul Hymans: Belgium (2 The First Career). Haus Publishing. pp. 14–22.
- ^ Holger H. Herwig, and Neil M. Heyman, eds. Biographical Dictionary of World War I (Greenwood, 1982) p 192-93.
References
- Paul Hymans
- Helmreich, J.E., Paul Hymans and Henri Jaspar : Contrasting Diplomatic Styles for a small power, in : Studia Diplomatica, XXXIX, 1986, p. 669–682.
- Willequet, J., Les mémoires de Paul Hymans, in : Le Flambeau, 1958, nr. 9-10, p. 565–573.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paul Hymans.
- Paul Hymans at Find a Grave
- Newspaper clippings about Paul Hymans in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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