Alfred Claeys-Boùùaert (colonial administrator)

Alfred Claeys-Boúúaert
Alfred Claeys-Boúúaert in 1959
Governor of Ruanda-Urundi (acting)
In office
1 January 1952 – 1 March 1955
Preceded byLéo Pétillon
Succeeded byJean-Paul Harroy
Personal details
Born(1906-03-31)31 March 1906
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Died9 October 1993(1993-10-09) (aged 87)
Uccle, Belgium
OccupationColonial administrator

Alfred Marie Joseph Ghislain Claeys-Boúúaert (alternatively, Claeys-Bouüaert; 31 March 1906 – 9 October 1993) was a Belgian lawyer, colonial administrator and diplomat. He was acting governor of Ruanda-Urundi from 1952 to 1955. Later he served on the United Nations Trusteeship Council.

Family

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Alfred Marie Joseph Ghislain Claeys Bouuaert was born on 31 mars 1906 in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[1][2] His parents were Léon Marie Joseph Ghislain Claeys-Boúúaert (1879–1971) and Thérèse van der Straeten (1880–1969). His paternal grandfather was the lawyer and senator Alfred Louis Fernand Ghislain Claeys-Boúúaert.[2] He obtained a doctorate in Law.[3] On 11 January 1936 he married Ghislaine de Patoul (1911–2004).[2]

Career

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In 1949 Claeys-Boúúaert was chef de cabinet to Pierre Wigny, the Belgian Minister of the Colonies.[4] In November 1950 Robert Daniel Murphy, the American ambassador to Brussels, visited the Belgian Congo. He was accompanied by Claeys Boúúaert, Wigny's Chief of Staff, on a 20-day tour of the main centers of economic activity in the country including several mining operations.[5]

Claeys-Boúúaert was appointed acting governor of Ruanda-Urundi on 1 January 1952, replacing Léo Pétillon. On 1 March 1955 he was replaced by Jean-Paul Harroy, the last governor before independence.[6]

In March 1956 Claeys-Boúúaert was an alternate to the Belgian representative to the United Nations General Assembly, Pierre Ryckmans. He represented Belgium to the Food and Agriculture Organization.[7] The 21st session of the United Nations Trusteeship Council met from 30 January to 26 March 1958. Emilio Arenales Catalán of Guatemala was elected president and Claeys-Bouuaert was elected vice-president. At the end of the session Arenales said he would no longer represent Guatelama in the United Nations, and Claeys-Bouuaert became acting president for the remainder of the year.[8] In 1959 Claeys-Bouuaert was part of the United Nations Visiting Mission in Truk.[9]

Alfred Claeys Bouuaert died in Uccle on 9 October 1993. His estate passed to his surviving wife, Ghislaine de Patoul, and his three children, Thierry, Marie- Christine Jeanne and Donatienne.[10]

Notes

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  1. ^ State Archives of Belgium (Ghent).
  2. ^ a b c Randaxhe.
  3. ^ axiabuor.
  4. ^ Deschamps 2016, p. 209.
  5. ^ Deschamps 2016, pp. 228–229.
  6. ^ Stockmans.
  7. ^ Roster of the United Nations 1956.
  8. ^ US Department of State 1959, p. 197.
  9. ^ 1959 UN Visiting Mission in Truk.
  10. ^ Hulsbosch 2012, p. 4.

Sources

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  • 1959 UN Visiting Mission in Truk, Department of Public Affairs - Public Information Office, retrieved 2021-01-26
  • axiabuor, "Alfred Marie Joseph CLAEYS BOUUAERT", Geneanet, retrieved 2021-01-26
  • Deschamps, Étienne (28 April 2016), Entre héritage colonial et destin européen (PDF) (thesis) (in French), Florence, retrieved 2021-01-26{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Hulsbosch, Jacques (29 February 2012), STATUTEN VERENIGING DER MEDE-EIGENAARS RESIDENTIE CALSEYDE PARK Te 9700 Oudenaarde (Eine), Omloop 35-37-39-41 (PDF) (in Dutch), retrieved 2021-01-26
  • Randaxhe, Cécile, "M Alfred CLAEYS BOÚÚAERT", Geneanet, retrieved 2021-01-26
  • Roster of the United Nations (As of 31 March 1956), retrieved 2021-01-26
  • State Archives of Belgium (Ghent), "Alfred Maria Josephus Ghislenus Claeys Bouuaert", Civil registration births Belgium, Oost-Vlaanderen, Herzele and Surrounding Towns, Civil Registration, 1901-1910 - FSI, Brussels, retrieved 2021-01-26 – via FamilySearch, OpenArchives
  • Stockmans, Charles, "Gouverneurs du Ruanda-Urundi", Congo Belge et Ruanda-Urundi (in French), retrieved 2021-01-26
  • US Department of State (1959), "Trusteeship System", Participation of the United States Government in International conferences July 1, 1957 - June 30, 1958, U.S. Government Printing Office
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