Édouard Pecher
Belgian lawyer and politician
Édouard Pecher | |
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Born | Edouard Gustave Charles Marie Pecher (1885-11-24)24 November 1885 Antwerp, Belgium |
Died | 27 December 1926(1926-12-27) (aged 41) Brussels, Belgium |
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation(s) | politician, lawyer |
Édouard Gustave Charles Marie Pecher (24 November 1885 – 27 December 1926) was a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. He was president of the Liberal Party from 1921 until 1926.[1]
Pecher was a doctor in law and became a member of parliament (1912–1919 and 1921–1926) for the district Antwerp. He was for a short while minister of colonies for Belgian Congo (1926). From 1924 up to 1926, he was President of the Liberal Party.
His son was Charles Pecher.
Sources
- ^ Milieux de presse et journalistes en Belgique (1828–1914) – p. 376 Pierre Van den Dungen – 2005 "... de file des libéraux anversois, Édouard Pecher."
Further reading
- Liberal Archive
- Th. Luykx, M. Platel, Politieke geschiedenis van België, 2 vol., Kluwer, 1985
- E. Witte, J. Craeybeckx, A. Meynen, Politieke geschiedenis van België, Standaard, 1997
- Presidents of the Belgian liberal party