Alexandre_Gendebien

Alexandre Gendebien

Alexandre Gendebien

Belgian politician (1789–1869)

Alexandre Joseph Célestin Gendebien (Mons, 4 May 1789 – Brussels, 6 December 1869) was a lawyer in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium, where he also became minister of Justice.

Quick Facts Minister of Justice (Belgium), Preceded by ...
Alexandre Gendebien (leftmost) as member of the Provisional Government of Belgium, 1830

He played an important role during the Belgian Revolution, together with his colleague Sylvain Van de Weyer. He was a proponent of Belgian union with France, and adversary of William I of the Netherlands.

References

  • Helmut Gaus (2007). Alexandre Gendebien en de organisatie van de Belgische revolutie van 1830 [Alexandre Gendebien and the Organisation of the Belgian Revolution of 1830] (in Dutch). Gent: Academia Press. ISBN 978-90-382-1173-2. 80 pages.
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