Frans Schollaert

Frans Schollaert
Frans Schollaert
Prime Minister of Belgium
	In office; 31 December 1907 – 17 June 1911
Monarchs	Leopold II; Albert I
Preceded by	Jules de Trooz
Succeeded by	Charles de Broqueville
President of the Chamber of Representatives
	In office; 12 November 1912 – 29 June 1917
Preceded by	Gérard Cooreman
Succeeded by	Prosper Poullet
	In office; 12 November 1901 – 9 January 1908
Preceded by	Louis Marie Joseph de Sadeleer
Succeeded by	Gérard Cooreman
Personal details
Born	19 August 1851; Wilsele, Belgium
Died	29 June 1917 (aged 65); Sainte-Adresse, France
Political party	Catholic Party

François (Frans) Victor Marie Ghislain Schollaert (19 August 1851 – 29 June 1917) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.

Born in Wilsele, Schollaert trained as a lawyer and practiced in Leuven. He served as head of the Flemish farmer's union, the Boerenbond. He sat in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives from 1888 onwards, holding the office of President of the Chamber from 1901 to 1908, and from 1911 until his death.

On Jules de Trooz's sudden death on the last day of 1907, Schollaert replaced him to become the prime minister of Belgium, also holding the Interior and Agriculture portfolios from 1908 to 1910, and the Arts and Science portfolio from 1910 to 1911. Schollaert was PM while the Belgian parliament, in heated debates, voted to annexe the Congo Free State, which had been privately owned by Belgian King Leopold II. It became known as the Belgian Congo.[1][2]

Honours

Belgium: Minister of State by Royal Decree.
Belgium: Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown
Belgium: Grand Officier in the Order of Leopold
France: Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour
Holy See: Grand Cross in the Order of Pius IX
Norway: Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Olav
Romania: Grand Cross in the Order of the Star of Romania

The Schollaert Channel, discovered in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, was named for him.

References

Ascherson, Neal (1999). The King incorporated : Leopold the Second and the Congo. London : Granta. ISBN 978-1-86207-290-9.^: 278
Kossmann, E. H. (Ernst Heinrich) (1978). The low countries, 1780-1940. Oxford [Eng.] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-19-822108-1.

External links

Frans Schollaert at Ars Moriendi Archived 7 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
Frans Schollaert in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures

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[Ascherson-1] Ascherson, Neal (1999). The King incorporated : Leopold the Second and the Congo. London : Granta. ISBN 978-1-86207-290-9.^: 278

[2] Kossmann, E. H. (Ernst Heinrich) (1978). The low countries, 1780-1940. Oxford [Eng.] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-19-822108-1.