Background
KRONACKER, Paul was born on November 5, 1897 in Antwerp. Son of Leopold Kronacker and MarieLaure Brunard.
KRONACKER, Paul was born on November 5, 1897 in Antwerp. Son of Leopold Kronacker and MarieLaure Brunard.
He graduated as a chemist at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium).
Served army 1915-1919. Chair, and Director various industrial concerns, particularly in sugar industry". Led Belgian Economics Mission in Netherlands 1939.
Enlisted again 1939.
Escaped to England 1940. Missions abroad for Belgian Government (London) 1940-1943. Military Attache in London 1943-1944.
Senator for Louvain 1939-1946.
Minister of Imports, Minister for Supplies 1944-1947. Speaker, House of Representatives 1958-1961.
Member Government Commission, for Peaceful Atomic Energy Development. Former Chairman Institute Sugar Council.
President, of Belgian Delegate at Institute Sugar Council.
Chairman National Permanent Commission, for Agricultural Industries (Brussels). Honorary Chairman Institute Commission, for Agricultural Industries (Paris).
Commander de la Ldgion d’honneur (France), Officer.
Commander Orden Nacional de Merito Carlos Manuel de Cdspedes (Cuba), Gran Cruz, Placa de Plata Orden del Mbrito Juan Pablo Duarte (Dominican Republic ), Grand Cross. Commander de l’Ordre national (Senegal), Grand Officier de l’Ordre flu Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco), Jean Stations
House of Representatives 68. Government Commission, for Peaceful Atomic Energy Development. Control Commission, of Ecole Nationale Superieure d’architecture et des arts visuels.
Board Les Amis des Musbes Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique.
Married Mary Elisabeth Good in 1948.