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Frans Schollaert | |
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| Prime Minister of Belgium | |
| In office 31 December 1907 – 17 June 1911 | |
| Monarchs | Leopold II Albert I |
| Preceded by | Jules de Trooz |
| Succeeded by | Charles de Broqueville |
| President of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| In office 12 November 1912 – 29 June 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Gérard Cooreman |
| Succeeded by | Prosper Poullet |
| In office 12 November 1901 – 9 January 1908 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Marie Joseph de Sadeleer |
| Succeeded by | Gérard Cooreman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1851 Wilsele, Belgium |
| Died | 29 June 1917 (aged 65) Sainte-Adresse, France |
| Political party | Catholic Party |
François (Frans) Victor Marie Ghislain Schollaert (19 August 1851 – 29 June 1917) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.
Born in Wilsele, Schollaert trained as a lawyer and practiced in Leuven. He served as head of the Flemish farmer's union, the Boerenbond. He sat in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives from 1888 onwards, holding the office of President of the Chamber from 1901 to 1908, and from 1911 until his death.
On Jules de Trooz's sudden death on the last day of 1907, Schollaert replaced him as the prime minister of Belgium, also holding the Interior and Agriculture portfolios from 1908 to 1910, and the Arts and Science portfolio from 1910 to 1911. Schollaert was PM while the Belgian parliament, in heated debates, voted to annex the Congo Free State, which had been privately owned by Belgian King Leopold II. It became known as the Belgian Congo.[1][2]
- ^ Ascherson, Neal (1999). The King Incorporated : Leopold the Second and the Congo. London : Granta. ISBN 978-1-86207-290-9.: 278
- ^ Kossmann, E. H. (Ernst Heinrich) (1978). The Low Countries, 1780-1940. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-19-822108-1.