François-Xavier van der Straten-Waillet
{{Short description|Belgian politician (1910–1998)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = François-Xavier Georges Joseph Marie Ghislain baron van der Straten-Waillet
|image = Inspectie van de erewacht, Bestanddeelnr 919-5519.jpg
|caption = van der Straten-Waillet as the Belgian ambassador to The Netherlands at Huis ten Bosch in 1966
|monarch = Baudouin of Belgium
|office1 = Ambassador of Belgium to Italy
|term_start1 = 1969
|term_end1 = 1975
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|successor1 =
|office2 = Director-General political affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
|primeminister2 =
|term_start2 = 1966
|term_end2 = 1969
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|office3 = Ambassador of Belgium to The Netherlands
|primeminister3 =
|term_start3 = 1955
|term_end3 = 1966
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|successor3 =
|office4 = Ambassador of Belgium to Argentina
|primeminister4 =
|term_start4 = 1952
|term_end4 = 1955
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|office5 = Party chair of the Christian Social Party
|primeminister5 =
|term_start5 = 1949
|term_end5 = 1950
|predecessor5 = August De Schryver
|successor5 = Theo Lefèvre
|office6 = Minister of Public Health
|primeminister6 =
|term_start6 = 1948
|term_end6 = 1949
|predecessor6 = Alfons Verbist
|successor6 = Adolphe Van Glabbeke
|office7 = Minister of Foreign Trade
|primeminister7 =
|term_start7 = 1947
|term_end7 = 1948
|predecessor7 = Paul-Henri Spaak
|successor7 = Georges Moens de Fernig
|office8 = Member of Parliament
|term_start8 = 1946
|term_end8 = 1952
|birth_date = {{birth date|1910|1|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = Antwerp, Belgium
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|2|15|1910|1|22|df=y}}
|death_place = Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
|party = Christian Social Party
|spouse = Marie-Thérèse Moretus Plantin de Bouchout
|alma_mater = Catholic University of Leuven
}}
François-Xavier Georges Joseph Marie Ghislain baron van der Straten-Waillet (22 January 1910 - 15 February 1998) was a Belgian politician for the Christian Social Party.
Biography
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{{ill|Van der Straten-Waillet|nl|Van der Straten (Belgisch adelsgeslacht)}} was a son of baron Alphonse van der Straten-Waillet (1884-1964), mayor of Westmalle, and of Irène Bosschaert de Bouwel (1885-1971). Van der Straten-Waillet married Marie-Thérèse Moretus Plantin de Bouchout (1912-2004) in 1935 and had six children.{{Cite web |url=https://www.odis.be/hercules/toonPers.php?taalcode=nl&id=4240 |title=FRANÇOIS-XAVIER VAN DER STRATEN-WAILLET |date=2019-09-08 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=ODIS}}
He obtained his doctorate in law at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1932 and became a director of the Verbond van Kristelijke Werkgevers (League of Christian Employers).
In 1946, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Christian Social Party for the Arrondissement of Antwerp. From 1949 to 1950, he was the second party chair, succeeding August De Schryver.
Van der Straten became a government minister twice: Minister of Foreign Trade from 1947 to 1948, and Minister of Public Health and Family from 1948 to 1949. Afterwards, he became an ambassador of Belgium to several countries, namely to Argentina (1952-1955), The Netherlands (1955-1966), and Italy (1969-1975).{{Cite web |url=https://www.odis.be/hercules/toonPers.php?taalcode=nl&id=4240 |title=FRANÇOIS-XAVIER VAN DER STRATEN-WAILLET |date=2019-09-08 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=ODIS}}
Publications
- {{Cite journal |title=Le statut de la propriété |journal=Revue générale |last=van der Straten-Waillet |first=François-Xavier|year=1937}}
- {{Cite journal |title=La fonction sociale de la noblesse dans la société d'aujourd'hui |journal=Revue générale |last=van der Straten-Waillet |first=François-Xavier |year=1938}}
- {{Cite journal |title=De la consultation populaire aux élections |journal=Revue générale de Belgique |last=van der Straten-Waillet |first=François-Xavier |year=1950}}
References
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Category:Members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Category:Health ministers of Belgium
Category:Ambassadors of Belgium to Argentina
Category:Ambassadors of Belgium to the Netherlands