Henri Jaspar was a Belgian

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Jaspar was born in Schaerbeek and trained as a lawyer. He represented Liège as a Catholic in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1919 until 1936. He helped create the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union

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 in 1921, and served as the 27th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1926 to 1931. In 1924 he was made an honorary Minister of State

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He held several ministerial positions including;

• Minister of Economic Affairs (1918-1920)
• Foreign Minister (1920-1924 and 1934)
• Minister of Finance (1932-1934)