Léon Frédéric Gustave Delacroix (27 December 1867, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Sint-Joost-ten-Node or Saint-Josse-ten-Noode is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium....

 - 15 October 1929, Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden

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) was a Belgian

Belgium

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 statesman. Before entering politics, he was a renowned lawyer, and served as president of the Belgian Court of Cassation

Court of Cassation (Belgium)

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 from 1917 to 1918. In the context of reconstruction after World War I

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, he was appointed the 22nd Prime Minister and served from 1918 to 1920. During his term, universal suffrage for men was enacted.