Jean Duvieusart

Jean Pierre Duvieusart (; 10 April 1900 – 10 October 1977) was a Belgian politician of the PSC-CVP who served as the prime minister of Belgium from June to August in 1950.

Political career

Jean Duvieusart became a member of the Chamber of Representatives in 1944, serving until 1949, when he became a member of the Senate. He was a member of the Senate until 1965.

Duvieusart served as Minister of Economic Affairs (1947-1950 and 1952-1954).

In 1950, he served two months as the 36th Prime Minister of Belgium but he resigned after the abdication of King Leopold III.

He was president of the European Parliament (1964–1965).

He left the PSC in 1965 and became president and co-founder of the Rassemblement wallon and the Front Démocratique des Bruxellois Francophones (FDF) (1968–1972).

Personal life On 8 July 1930, Duvieusart married Blanche Dijon (18 November 1907 – 24 February 1984) and had three sons and one daughter, Philippe (born 1932), Léopold (born 1933), Étienne (born 1935) and Thérèse (1939).