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Henri Pauwels (19 January 1890 – 18 September 1946) was a Belgian trade unionist and politician. Born in
Nivelles Nivelles (; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. The Nivelles municipality includes the former municipalities of Baulers, Bornival, Thines, and Monstreux. The Nivelles arrondissement ...
, Pauwels became a mechanic, and joined Christian Union of Belgian Metalworkers (CCMB), becoming a technical adviser in 1912. The CCMB was affiliated to the
Confederation of Christian Trade Unions The Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (, or ACV; , CSC) is the largest of Belgium's three trade union federations. History The federation was founded in 1904, but can trace its origins to the "Anti-Socialist Cotton Workers' Union" founde ...
(ACV), and Pauwels became its deputy general secretary in 1919, then general secretary in 1921. In 1932, he became the confederation's president. From 1933 to 1937, he was additionally co-president of the
International Federation of Christian Trade Unions The World Confederation of Labour (WCL) was an international labour organization founded in 1920 and based in Europe. Fascist governments of the 1930s repressed the federation and imprisoned many of its leaders, limiting operations until the end o ...
. In 1945, despite not being a member of Parliament, Pauwels was appointed as the Minister for War Victims. In December, he travelled to the
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, his presence leading to the formation of the ACV-Congo. In September, he was killed in a plane crash in
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