Paul Kronacker
Paul Georges Marie Kronacker was a Belgian chemist and liberal politician for the Liberal Party.Education
He graduated as a chemist at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.Career
After his graduation, he started his career in the sugar industry. During World War II he was military attaché of the Belgian government in London and he led, for the same government, many missions to the United States and Canada with regard to the provision of Belgium. Kronacker was a member of the Belgian parliament from 1939 up to 1968, firstly in the Belgian senate, subsequently in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. From 1958 up to 1961 he was President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. During his parliamentary career he showed a big interest for economic questions and foreign policy. He was minister without portfolio in the governments Pierlot and Van Acker I and minister of provision in the governments Van Acker II, Van Acker III and Huysmans. In 1963, he was appointed as Minister of State.
