Education
He finished five years later with greatest distinction.
judge lawyer politician prime minister
He finished five years later with greatest distinction.
Born in Ostend in 1829, he entered the faculty of law at the Catholic University of Leuven at age 17. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1873, and became Minister of Public Works under Jules Malou, greatly improving the rail, canal and road systems After his tenure as Prime Minister, he represented Belgium at the Hague conventions of 1899 and 1907.
He was chosen as president of the panel established under the rules of that organization in the Sarvarkar Case in 1911.
A year later, he died in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Institut de Droit International.
