Albert Lilar
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Albert Lilar | |
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Born | Albert Jean Julien François 21 December 1900 |
Died | 16 March 1976 | (aged 75)
Nationality | Belgium |
Occupation | politician, lawyer |
Albert Jean Julien François, Baron Lilar (21 December 1900 – 16 March 1976) was a Belgian politician of the Liberal Party and a Minister of Justice.
Lilar was a renowned lawyer of Admiralty and International Private Law in Antwerp, and Chairman of the International Maritime Committee. He was also a Professor of Law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He married in 1929 the writer Suzanne Lilar (née Vebist), and fathered 2 daughters : writer Françoise Mallet-Joris (b. 1930) and the 18th century art historian Marie Fredericq-Lilar (b. 1934).
In his political life, Lilar was a member of Parliaments for the liberal party, Senator of the Arrondissement Antwerp (1946–1971) and four times Minister of Justice (1946–1947, 1949–1950, 1954-1958 en 1960-1961). He became Minister of State in 1969. Under the Gaston Eyskens Government (1958–1960), Lilar was Vice-premier of the Cabinet.
As Vice-Premier, he was elected president of the Round Table in 1960 whose discussions lead to the independence of the Belgian Congo.
A great humanitarian and defender of human rights, no death penalties were carried out under his terms as minister of justice.
The Albert Lilar Prize from the is awarded for a leading work on maritime law published in any language in the world during the previous five years.
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- Biography and Inventory of the Liberal Archives Albert Lilar (in Dutch)
- The Round Table - Congo
- More on The Round Table - Congo
- Postwar Western Europe 1955-1956
- Postwar Western Europe 1956-1957
- Independence of the Belgian Congo
- Anti-Nazi activities 1936-1939[permanent dead link]
- Freemasonry during Nazi domination in Belgium
- FAIB website
- 1900 births
- 1976 deaths
- Politicians from Antwerp
- Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten politicians
- Belgian Ministers of State
- Barons of Belgium
- Belgian Ministers of Justice