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Léon Delacroix

1867 - 1929

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Léon Frédéric Gustave Delacroix (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ fʁedeʁik ɡystav dəlakʁwa]; 27 December 1867 – 15 October 1929) was a Belgian statesman. Before entering politics, he was a renowned lawyer, and served as president of the Belgian Court of Cassation from 1917 to 1918. In the context of reconstruction after World War I, he was appointed the prime minister and served from 1918 to 1920. During his term, universal suffrage for men was enacted. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Delacroix is the 10,372nd most popular politician (up from 13,229th in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 547th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Belgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Léon Delacroix ranks 10,372 out of 19,576Before him are Mario Scelba, Liu Cong, Máté Zalka, Sophie of Brandenburg, Yevgenia Bosch, and Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Henriette d'Angeville, Jesús Gil, Antonio Maura, and Marcus Octavius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Léon Delacroix ranks 82Before him are Hiranuma Kiichirō, Nilo Peçanha, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Holger Pedersen, Dagny Juel, and Gutzon Borglum. After him are Dimitrios Gounaris, Ali Kemal, Hjalmar Johansen, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Alexander Vasiliev, and Hanns Hörbiger. Among people deceased in 1929, Léon Delacroix ranks 69Before him are Rattanbai Jinnah, Gotō Shinpei, Carlo Airoldi, Clemens von Pirquet, Mahidol Adulyadej, and António José de Almeida. After him are Millicent Fawcett, Vasil Radoslavov, Nasreddine Dinet, Tsuda Umeko, Sergei Nilus, and Hans Meyer.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Léon Delacroix ranks 390 out of 1,190Before him are David Teniers the Elder (1582), George Sarton (1884), Romain Maes (1912), Abraham Janssens (1570), Joseph Jongen (1873), and Edgar P. Jacobs (1904). After him are Emmanuel Foulon (1871), Denis Calvaert (1540), Joris Hoefnagel (1542), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Adriaen van Utrecht (1599), and Stan Ockers (1920).

Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Léon Delacroix ranks 94Before him are Georges Theunis (1873), Pierre Harmel (1911), Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833), Godfrey I, Count of Namur (1068), Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872), and Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919). After him are Alexander De Croo (1975), Didier Reynders (1958), Henry Carton de Wiart (1869), Charles de Broqueville (1860), Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956), and Joseph Decaisne (1807).