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Paul de Smet de Naeyer

1843 - 1913

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Paul Joseph, Count de Smet de Naeyer (13 May 1843 – 9 September 1913) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 1896 to January 1899 and again from August 1899 to 1907. Born in Ghent, son of a cotton industrialist, he was himself also an industrialist and a banker. He was head of the Société Générale de Belgique and the owner of several coal mines. He represented Ghent and Eeklo in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1886 to 1908, and served in the Belgian Senate from 1908 to 1913. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul de Smet de Naeyer is the 14,860th most popular politician (up from 15,109th in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 673rd in 2019) and the 137th most popular Belgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul de Smet de Naeyer ranks 14,860 out of 19,576. Before him are Talorc I, Nicolae Crețulescu, Jean-Claude Gaudin, Manuel Merino, Zigmantas Balčytis, and Tafari Benti. After him are Kadashman-Turgu, Joseph Iléo, Ferit Melen, Leonid Sobolev, Dmitry Tolstoy, and Ernest Lluch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Paul de Smet de Naeyer ranks 90. Before him are Fazlullah Nouri, Patricio Escobar, Frank James, Francisco Silvela, Dmitry Anuchin, and William de Wiveleslie Abney. After him are Mark Antokolsky, William Hemsley, Miguel Antonio Caro, Jules Vandenpeereboom, Kálmán Széll, and Dezső Bánffy. Among people deceased in 1913, Paul de Smet de Naeyer ranks 81. Before him are Nicolás de Piérola, Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Adolf Lang, Nazım Pasha, Angelo de Gubernatis, and Robert Collett. After him are Leonid Sobolev, Gregorio María Aguirre y García, Miroslav Kraljević, George Finnegan, Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, and Elena Guro.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul de Smet de Naeyer ranks 653 out of 1,190. Before him are Victor Mees (1927), Joël Robert (1943), Jules de Trooz (1857), Edgard Colle (1897), Aimé Haegeman (1861), and Simon Leys (1935). After him are Gotye (1980), Jacques Beurlet (1944), Patrick Nève (1949), Ferdinand Adams (1903), Henri Grégoire (1881), and Léopold Anoul (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Paul de Smet de Naeyer ranks 137. Before him are Joseph De Combe (1901), Hadja Lahbib (1970), Prosper Poullet (1868), Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802), Jules d'Anethan (1803), and Jules de Trooz (1857). After him are Jules Vandenpeereboom (1843), Victor Leemans (1901), Willy De Clercq (1927), Karel De Gucht (1954), Maggie De Block (1962), and Aloys Van de Vyvere (1871).

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