Jules de Burlet
{{short description|Belgian politician}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
|name = Jules de Burlet
|image = Jules de burlet.jpg
|office = Prime Minister of Belgium
|monarch = Leopold II
|term_start = 26 March 1894
|term_end = 25 February 1896
|predecessor = Auguste Marie François Beernaert
|successor = Paul de Smet de Naeyer
|birth_date = {{birth date|1844|4|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = Ixelles, Belgium
|death_date = {{death date and age|1897|3|1|1844|4|10|df=y}}
|death_place = Nivelles, Belgium
|party = Catholic Party
}}
Jules Philippe Marie de Burlet ({{IPA|fr|ʒyl filip maʁi də byʁlɛ}}; 10 April 1844{{cite book |last1=Caenegem |first1=R. C. van |title=Grote Winkler Prins: encyclopedie in 25 delen |date=1980 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-90-10-02300-1 |page=353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vCpNAAAAYAAJ&q=Jules+de+Burlet+%2210+april+1844%22 |access-date=10 October 2024 |language=nl}} – 1 March 1897{{cite book |title=Cahiers: Bijdragen |date=1957 |publisher=Éditions Nauwelaerts |page=317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Brk7AQAAIAAJ&q=Jules+de+Burlet+%221+maart+1897%22 |access-date=10 October 2024 |language=fr}}) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 1894 to 1896.
Career
Born in Ixelles, de Burlet was educated as a lawyer. He practised law in Nivelles, where he made his home, and he served as mayor of the town from 1872 to 1891.{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Edmund |title=The Annual Register |date=1898 |publisher=Rivingtons |page=145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGldAAAAIAAJ&dq=Jules+de+Burlet+%221884%22+Nivelles&pg=RA1-PA145 |access-date=10 October 2024 |language=en}}
From 1884 he represented the Nivelles constituency in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives. In 1891 he became Interior minister and in 1894 he left the chamber and became a member of the Belgian Senate. At the same time he became the prime minister of Belgium until 1896.{{cite web |title=DE BURLET Jules |url=https://connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be/fr/wallons-marquants/dictionnaire-des-wallons/de-burlet-jules |website=connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be |access-date=10 October 2024}} On leaving office he was made an honorary minister of State and served as Belgian ambassador to Portugal in 1896–1897.
He died in Nivelles in 1897.
See also
- :fr:Famille de Burlet
- [http://www.odis.be/lnk/en/PS_4622 Jules de Burlet] in [https://www.odis.eu ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428134547/https://www.odis.eu/ |date=2016-04-28 }}
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Category:Catholic Party (Belgium) politicians
Category:Prime ministers of Belgium
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