Julien Liebaert


Julien Auguste Marie Joseph, Baron Liebaert was a Belgian Member of Parliament, Senator and Minister for the Catholic Party.

Biography

Liebaert was a son of Auguste and Louise Liebaert Peel. He married Marie Debontridder in 1874. They had two sons and a daughter. Their daughter married representative and senator Jean Mahieu.
Liebaert obtained a doctorate in law and doctorate in political and administrative sciences from the Catholic University of Leuven. He established himself as a lawyer in Brussels and then in Kortrijk.
He was elected member of the provincial council and deputy of West Flanders.
In 1890 he was elected deputy for the constituency of Kortrijk and held this office until 1919. He was elected senator in 1919 for the same district, and would sit as a co-opted senator from 1925 to 1929.
Liebaert went through a varied ministerial career for twelve years as:
In 1912 he was appointed Minister of State and he became director and governor of the National Bank of Belgium.

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