Sylvain Van de Weyer
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Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer (19 January 1802–23 May 1874) was a Belgian politician.
Born in Leuven, Van de Weyer's family moved to Amsterdam in 1811. The family returned to Leuven when his father was named police commissioner for the city. He studied law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and set up as a lawyer in Brussels in 1823. Here he frequently defended newspapers and journalists which fell foul of the government of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which modern Belgium then formed the southern half.
On the outbreak of the Belgian Revolution in 1830, Van de Weyer was in Leuven, but hurried to Brussels where he became a member of the central committee of the Provisional Government of Belgium. His command of the English language resulted in him serving as a diplomatic representative of the revolutionaries. King Leopold I appointed Van de Weyer his "special representative" in London.
Van de Weyer later served as Prime Minister of Belgium
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jean-Baptiste Nothomb |
Prime Minister of Belgium 30 July 1845–31 March 1846 |
Succeeded by B. T. de Theux de Meylandt |
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| de Gerlache (acting) • Lebeau • de Muelenaere • Goblet d'Alviella • de Meylandt • Lebeau • Nothomb • Van de Weyer • de Meylandt • Rogier • de Brouckère • de Decker • Rogier • Frère-Orban • d'Anethan • Malou • Frère-Orban • Malou • Beernaert • de Burlet • de Smet de Naeyer • Vandenpeereboom • de Smet de Naeyer • de Trooz • Schollaert • de Broqueville • Cooreman • Delacroix • Carton de Wiart • Theunis • Van de Vyvere • Poullet • Jaspar • Renkin • de Broqueville • Theunis • van Zeeland • Janson • Spaak • Pierlot • Van Acker • Spaak • Van Acker • Huysmans • Spaak • G. Eyskens • Duvieusart • Pholien • Van Houtte • Van Acker • G. Eyskens • Lefèvre • Harmel • Vanden Boeynants • G. Eyskens • Leburton • Tindemans • Vanden Boeynants • Martens • M. Eyskens • Martens • Dehaene • Verhofstadt |
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