Octave Dierckx
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Octave Victor Anna Dierckx (Antwerp, 15 October 1882 - Brussels
, 21 March 1955) was a Belgian
liberal and politician. Dierckx was a doctor in law and a lawyer.
Brussels
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, 21 March 1955) was a Belgian
Belgium
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liberal and politician. Dierckx was a doctor in law and a lawyer.
Political career
- municipality Council member in Elsene
- 1929 - 1955: senator
- 1933 - 1934: President of the Liberal PartyLiberal Party (Belgium)The Liberal Party was a Belgian political party that existed from 1846 until 1961, when it became the Party for Freedom and Progress, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang/Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès or PVV-PLP, under the leadership of Omer Vanaudenhove.-History:The Liberal Party was founded...
- 1934 - 1935: minister of transportation
- 1937 - 1938: minister of the interior
- 1938 - 1939: minister of public education
- 1949 - 1950: minister without portfolio