Charles de Broqueville (4 December 1860-5 September 1940) was Prime Minister of Belgium from 17 June 1911 to 1 June 1918 (succeeding Frans Schollaert and preceding Gerard Cooreman) and from 22 October 1932 to 20 November 1934 (succeeding Jules Renkin and preceding Georges Theunis). He was a member of the Catholic Party of Belgium.
Biography[]
Charles de Broqueville was born in Postel, Belgium on 4 December 1860, and he was first elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1892 as the Catholic Party representative for Turnhout. Broqueville served as Prime Minister during World War I, having overseen Belgium's mobilization after the German Empire made clear its plans to violate Belgian neutrality. He fought the King on the neutrality issue and on the location of troop deployments, denying Belgium a full alliance with the Entente forces. His opposition to the King weakened his standing in the cabinet, and he was forced to resign in 1918. He returned as Prime Minister from 1932 to 1934, and he died in 1940.