Albert Devèze | |
Office: | Minister of National Defence of Belgium |
Term Start: | 11 August 1949 |
Term End: | 6 June 1950 |
Primeminister: | Gaston Eyskens |
Predecessor: | Raoul de Fraiteur |
Successor: | Henri Moreau de Melen |
Term Start2: | 29 November 1934 |
Term End2: | 13 June 1936 |
Primeminister2: | Georges Theunis Paul Van Zeeland |
Predecessor2: | Georges Theunis |
Successor2: | Henri Denis |
Term Start3: | 20 November 1920 |
Term End3: | 6 August 1923 |
Primeminister3: | Henry Carton de Wiart Georges Theunis |
Predecessor3: | Fulgence Masson |
Successor3: | Albert Hellebaut |
Office4: | Minister of Economic Affairs of Belgium |
Term Start4: | 31 March 1946 |
Term End4: | 3 August 1946 |
Primeminister4: | Achille van Acker |
Predecessor4: | Léon-Éli Troclet |
Successor4: | Henri Liebaert |
Office5: | Minister of the Interior of Belgium |
Term Start5: | 18 April 1939 |
Term End5: | 23 August 1940 |
Primeminister5: | Hubert Pierlot |
Predecessor5: | Willem Eekelers |
Successor5: | Edmond Ronse |
Birth Name: | Albert Joseph Charles Devèze |
Birth Date: | 1881 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Ypres, Belgium |
Death Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
Party: | Liberal Party |
Occupation: | Politician, lawyer |
Albert Joseph Charles Devèze (pronounced as /fr/; 6 June 1881 – 28 November 1959) was a Belgian liberal politician and minister.
Devèze was a doctor in law and a lawyer. A member of the Liberal Party, he was a municipality council member in Schaerbeek and in Ixelles and a member of parliament for the district of Brussels (1912–1939 and 1946–1958) and for the district of Verviers (1939–1946). Devèze was President of the Liberal Party in 1927–1932 and minister of defense (1920–1923, 1932–1936 and 1949–1950), vice prime-minister (1949–1950), minister of interior (1939–1940) and of economy (1946). In 1930, he became minister of state.