Comte Charles de Broqueville was the prime minister of Belgium from 1911 to 1918 and again from 1932 to 1934, serving during the majority of World War I.
Occupation
politician, possessor
Position held
Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister of Belgium, member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, Senator of Belgium
Citizenship
Belgium
Born
December 4, 1860
Died
September 5, 1940
Overview
Charles, 1st Count de Broqueville (; 4 December 1860 – 5 September 1940) was the prime minister of Belgium, serving during World War I.
Before 1914
Charles de Broqueville was born into an old noble family with its roots in French Gascony. He was the son of Count Stanislas de Broqueville (1830-1919) and Claire de Briey (1832-1876). He received private education from Catholic priest Charles Simon, from which he also learned Dutch. He married Berthe d'Huart (1864-1937), a granddaughter of Catholic statesman Jules Malou, through whom he gained further connections to politics.
First elected to the Chamber of Representatives in the 1892 election, he represented the arrondissement of Turnhout until June 1919. He was seen as part of de jonge rechterzijde (the young right-wing), and was politically a midway between Christian democracy and more traditional forms of conservatism.
