Joris Helleputte

Joris or Georges Helleputte (1852 – 1925)[1]: 52  was a Belgian politician and neo-Gothicist architect. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Public Works and Minister of Railways, Post and Telegraphs.

Early life and education

Helleputte was born to a Catholic family.[2]: 124  His father was Petrus Helleputte and his mother was Florentine Detemmerman.[3]

He graduated from Ghent University as a bridge and road engineer.[4]: 361 

Architectural career

Helleputte became a professor of architecture at the Catholic University of Leuven,[5]: 160  teaching architects like Raymond Lemaire and Raphaël Verwilghen.[1]: 54  He collaborated on projects with Theodoor Van Dormael.[2]: 145 

He founded the Leuven Guild of Craft and Commerce, co-founded the Boerenbond in 1890,[4]: 361  and helped found the Belgian Volksbond.[5]: 160  He was also a member of the Royal Commission for Monuments.[2]: 124 

Political career

Helleputte represented Maaseik in the Chamber of Representatives from 1889 until 1924.[5]: 160  From 1901 until 1910, he was Minister of Railways, Post and Telegraphs.[4]: 361  He then became Minister of Agriculture and Public Works from 1910 until 1918.[4]: 361 

He went with the exiled Belgian government to Le Havre in 1914.[6]: 107 

Personal life

In 1882, Helleputte married Louise Schollaert, the sister of prime minister Frans Schollaert, and they had no children.[6]: 107 

His brother-in-law was Louis Cloquet, the Belgian architect.[2]: 125 

References
  1. Verpoest, Luc (2011). Living with History, 1914-1964: Rebuilding Europe After the First and Second World Wars and the Role of Heritage Preservation. Leuven University Press. ISBN 978-90-5867-841-6. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. Santvoort, Linda Van; Verschaffel, Tom (2008). Sources of Regionalism in the Nineteenth Century: Architecture, Art, and Literature. Leuven University Press. ISBN 978-90-5867-649-8. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  3. Biografie (in Dutch). Leuven University Press. 1998. p. 264. ISBN 978-90-6186-863-7. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. Lamberts, Emiel (2002). The Black International. L'International noire: The Holy See and Militant Catholicism in Europe. Le Saint-Siège et le Catholicisme militant en Europe (in French). Universitaire Pers Leuven. ISBN 978-90-5867-200-1. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  5. Deferme, Jo (2007). Uit de ketens van de vrijheid: het debat over de sociale politiek in België, 1886-1914 (in Dutch). Leuven University Press. ISBN 978-90-5867-626-9. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  6. More, Saint Thomas (1997). More to Cranevelt. Leuven University Press. ISBN 978-90-6186-792-0. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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