Jean Duvieusart


Jean Pierre Duvieusart was a Belgian Catholic politician of the PSC-CVP who served as Prime Minister of Belgium.

Political career

Jean Duvieusart became a member of the Chamber of Representatives in 1944, serving until 1949, when he became a member of the Senate.
Duvieusart served as minister of Economic affairs.
In 1950 he served two months as the 36th Prime Minister of Belgium but he resigned after the abdication of King Leopold III.
He was president of the European Parliament.
He left the PSC in 1965 and became president of the Rassemblement wallon and the Front Démocratique des Bruxellois Francophones .

Personal life

On 8 July 1930, Duvieusart married Blanche Dijon and had three sons and one daughter, Philippe, Léopold, Étienne and Thérèse.