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Gérard Cooreman

1852 - 1926

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Gérard (Gerard) François Marie Cooreman (25 March 1852 – 2 December 1926) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician. Born in Ghent, Cooreman was trained in law, and practised as a lawyer, but was more active as a businessman and financier, and became involved with Catholic social groups. In 1892 Cooreman was elected to the Belgian Senate, and from 1898 to 1914 he represented Ghent in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, holding the position of leader of the Chamber from 1908 to 1912. He held office as Labour and Industry minister for a short time in 1899, and on the fall of Frans Schollaert's government in 1911 he was asked to become the prime minister of Belgium and form the new government, but declined. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard Cooreman has received more than 27,678 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Cooreman is the 16,018th most popular politician, the 750th most popular biography from Belgium and the 143rd most popular Belgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gérard Cooreman ranks 16,018 out of 19,576Before him are Stefano Rodotà, Richard Neal, Vlado Bučkovski, Roger Kolo, Heinrich Mark, and Andrei Kobyakov. After him are Najla El Mangoush, Natalia Gherman, Rafael Zaldívar, Daniel Akaka, Steingrímur Steinþórsson, and Juan Francisco de Vidal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Gérard Cooreman ranks 116Before him are George Clausen, Alexander Wittek, Joaquín Sánchez de Toca, Henry van Dyke Jr., Kristján Jónsson, and Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez. After him are Charles Kent, Máximo Tajes, Anna Whitlock, J. Alden Weir, Léon Moreaux, and Walter W. Winans. Among people deceased in 1926, Gérard Cooreman ranks 113Before him are Zofka Kveder, Ernest Belfort Bax, Jón Magnússon, Kristján Jónsson, Emily Hobhouse, and Mariam Thresia Chiramel. After him are Albert Corey, René Boylesve, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Wesley Coe, Charles Avery, and Ronald Firbank.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gérard Cooreman ranks 750 out of 1,190Before him are Émile Mpenza (1978), Jules Vandenpeereboom (1843), Michel De Wolf (1958), Jules Pappaert (1905), Frank Vandenbroucke (1974), and Jules d'Anethan (1803). After him are Karel De Gucht (1954), Axel Merckx (1972), Gotye (1980), Simon Mignolet (1988), Albert Heremans (1906), and Jean-Michel Saive (1969).

Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Gérard Cooreman ranks 143Before him are Bart De Wever (1970), Jules de Burlet (1844), Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794), Aloys Van de Vyvere (1871), Jules Vandenpeereboom (1843), and Jules d'Anethan (1803). After him are Karel De Gucht (1954), Stefan Everts (1972), Anne-Marie Lizin (1949), Marianne Thyssen (1956), Françoise Nyssen (1951), and Philippe Lamberts (1963).