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Henri François Julien Claude, Viscount Davignon (; 3 December 1854 – 12 March 1916) was a Belgian politician who served as

Minister of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...

(1907–1916). Born in

Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Saint-Josse-ten-Noode ( French, ) or Sint-Joost-ten-Node ( Dutch, ), often simply called Saint-Josse in French or Sint-Joost in Dutch, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-eastern part o ...

, Davignon was a member of the Catholic Party. He was first elected to the Belgian Senate in 1898. In 1900 he was elected to the Chamber of Representatives of which he remained a member until his death. In 1907 he became Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government led by Jules de Trooz (1907), a post he kept in the following governments of

Frans Schollaert François (Frans) Victor Marie Ghislain Schollaert (19 August 1851 – 29 June 1917) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 1907 to 1911. Born in Wilsele, Schollaert trained as a lawyer and pr ...

(1907–1911) and

Charles de Broqueville Count, Comte Charles de Broqueville (; 4 December 1860 – 5 September 1940) was the prime minister of Belgium from 1911 to 1918 and again from 1932 to 1934, serving during the majority of World War I. Before 1914 Charles de Broqueville was b ...

(1911–1916). In this function at the start of the First World War he received the German ultimatum, demanding free passage through Belgium. In January 1916 Davignon left the Foreign Office and became Minister without portfolio until his death in

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, served as vice-president of the European Commission.

References

* P. Nothomb, "Julien Davignon", ''Le Correspondant'', Paris, 23 June 1916. * J. M. Jadot, "Henri Davignon, ministre des Affaires Etrangères", ''Biographie coloniale belge'', vol. IV, 1955. * Paul Van Molle, ''Het Belgisch Parlement, 1894-1972'', Antwerp, 1972. * Barbara Tuchman, ''The Guns of August'', Presidio Press, USA, 2004,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davignon, Julien 1854 births 1916 deaths Belgian people of World War I Catholic Party (Belgium) politicians Foreign ministers of Belgium Members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) People from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode