Family tree of Paul Émile JANSON

Belgian, Dutch, Luxembourger and Swiss politician

Belgian Born Paul Émile JANSON

Belgian liberal politician

Born on May 30, 1872 in Brussel, België

Died on March 3, 1944 in Buchenwald, Duitsland

Born on may 30 42

Deceased on march 03 31

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Janson

Ambroise Joseph

1770 -

Keppenne

Marguérite Joséphine

1778 -

Amoré

Théodore Nicolas Joseph

1761 - 1851

Abry

Anne

1773 - 1846

Janson

Jean Émile

Dery

Marie Pauline

Amoré

Lambert Joseph

1811 - 1868

Vallée

Marie Alexandrine Augustine

1828 - 1902

Janson

Paul

1840 - 1913

Amoré

Anne Augustine

1849 - 1932

Janson

Paul Émile

1872 - 1944

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Born in Brussels, Janson was the son of liberal statesman Paul Janson (died 1913). He studied law at the Free University of Brussels (now split into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel), practised as a lawyer, and also taught at the university. Janson was elected as a liberal to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1910. He held various minister posts including War, Justice and Foreign affairs. He was made an honorary Minister of State in 1931.

He served as the 30th Prime Minister of Belgium in 1937–1938. In the early part of the Second World War, Janson served as Foreign minister, and as minister with portfolio, in the government of Hubert Pierlot. He remained in France when the government in exile moved to London. In 1943 he was detained by the occupying German forces and incarcerated in the Buchenwald concentration camp. He died there in 1944.

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