Paul de Smet de Naeyer

Paul de Smet de Naeyer
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 5 August 1899 – 2 May 1907
Monarch	Leopold II
Preceded by	Jules Vandenpeereboom
Succeeded by	Jules de Trooz
In office 25 February 1896 – 24 January 1899
Monarch	Leopold II
Preceded by	Jules de Burlet
Succeeded by	Jules Vandenpeereboom
Personal details
Born	(1843-05-13)13 May 1843 Ghent, Belgium
Died	9 September 1913(1913-09-09) (aged 70) Brussels, Belgium
Political party	Catholic Party

Paul Joseph, Count de Smet de Naeyer (13 May 1843 – 9 September 1913) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.

Born in Ghent, son of a cotton industrialist, he was himself also an industrialist and a banker. He was head of the Société Générale de Belgique and the owner of several coal mines.

He represented Ghent and Eeklo in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives from 1886 to 1908, and served in the Belgian Senate from 1908 to 1913. He served in several governments, as Finance minister from 1894 to 1896, and again from 1899 to 1907, combining the portfolio with the Ministry of Public Works. He was the 16th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1896 to 1899, and again from 1899 to 1907.

Honours

•  Belgium: 1899: Minister of State, by Royal Decree.
•  Belgium: 1900: Created Count de Smet de Naeyer, by Royal Decree.
•  Belgium: Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold ^[1]
• Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the African Star^[2]
• Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Red Eagle^[3]
•  France: Knight Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour^[4]
• Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bavarian Crown^[5]
•  Japan: Knight Grand Cross in the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun^[6]
•  Greece: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Redeemer^[7]
• Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the White Eagle^[8]
• Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Pius IX^[9]

References

Prime Ministers of Belgium
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