Albert Lilar
Albert Lilar | |
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Born | Albert Jean Julien François (1900-12-21)21 December 1900 Antwerp, Belgium |
Died | 16 March 1976(1976-03-16) (aged 75) |
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation(s) | 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.
Early life
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.
Career
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.[1]
Personal life
He married in 1929 the writer Suzanne Lilar (née Vebist),[2] and fathered 2 daughters : writer Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930 - 2016) and the 18th century art historian Marie Fredericq-Lilar (1934 - 2022).[3]
Legacy
The Albert Lilar Prize from the Comité Maritime International is awarded for a leading work on maritime law published in any language in the world during the previous five years.
References
- ^ Monballyu, Jos (19 June 2014). Six Centuries of Criminal Law: History of Criminal Law in the Southern Netherlands and Belgium (1400-2000). Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 207–211. ISBN 978-90-04-27398-6.
- ^ State, Paul F. (16 April 2015). Historical Dictionary of Brussels. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 255–256. ISBN 978-0-8108-7921-8.
- ^ Petit, Susan (2001). Françoise Mallet-Joris. Rodopi. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-90-420-1216-5.
External links
- 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 Archived 8 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- FAIB website
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