- Paul Hymans
Paul Louis Adrien Henri Hymans (
Ixelles/Elsene ,March 23 1865 –Nice ,March 8 1941 ), was a Belgianpolitician associated with the Liberal Party. He was the first President of theLeague of Nations , and served again as its president in 1932-33.He became a
lawyer and professor at theUniversite Libre de Bruxelles . As a politician he became Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1918 to 1920 (and again from 1927 to 1935), minister of justice from 1926 to 1927, and member of the council of ministers from 1935 to 1936. In 1919, together withCharles de Broqueville andEmile Vandervelde he introduceduniversal suffrage for all men ("one man one vote") andcompulsory education .After
World War I , he represented Belgium at the 1919-1920 peace conference. Paul Hymans helped form the customs union of Belgium andLuxembourg (Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union ) in 1921 and played a leading part in negotiating theDawes Plan in 1924. In 1928, he signed theKellogg-Briand Pact for Belgium.He was a
freemason , and a member of the lodge "Les Amis Philanthropes " of theGrand Orient of Belgium in Brussels. Paul Hymans is interred in theIxelles Cemetery inBrussels .Bibliography
* Paul Hymans, "Pages liberales" (E: Liberal Notes), 1936
References
* [http://www.liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=985 Paul Hymans]
* Helmreich, J.E., Paul Hymans and Henri Jaspar : Contrasting Diplomatic Styles for a small power, in : Studia Diplomatica, XXXIX, 1986, p. 669-682.
* Willequet, J., Les mémoires de Paul Hymans, in : Le Flambeau, 1958, nr. 9-10, p. 565-573.External links
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