page_title: Belgian government in exile
hierarchical_section_title: Belgian government in exile
caption_attribution_description: English: The Belgian Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot (middle) and Major General R G Sturges (right) stand to attention while the Royal Salute is played during Pierlot's visit to the Special Services at Group HQ on 21 April 1944. IWM H 37681. Available online through http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk and obtained there on July 27, 2007. Photographer: Tanner (Lt), War Office official photographer. Called an "official photograph" by the IWM. Hence, the photograph was under Crown Copyright and entered the public domain 50 years after it was taken.
context_page_description: The Belgian government in London, also known as the Pierlot IV Government, was the government in exile of Belgium between October 1940 and September 1944 during World War II. The government was tripartite, involving ministers from the Catholic, Liberal and Labour Parties. After the invasion of Belgium by Nazi Germany in May 1940, the Belgian government, under Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot, fled first to Bordeaux in France and then to London, where it established itself as the only legitimate representation of Belgium to the Allies.
  Despite no longer having authority in its own country, the government administered the Belgian Congo and held negotiations with other Allied powers about post-war reconstruction. Agreements made by the government in exile during the war included the foundation of the Benelux Customs Union and Belgium's admission into the United Nations. The government also exercised influence within the Belgian army-in-exile and attempted to maintain links with the underground resistance.
context_section_description: The Belgian government in London (French: Gouvernement belge à Londres, Dutch: Belgische regering in Londen), also known as the Pierlot IV Government, was the government in exile of Belgium between October 1940 and September 1944 during World War II. The government was tripartite, involving ministers from the Catholic, Liberal and Labour Parties. After the invasion of Belgium by Nazi Germany in May 1940, the Belgian government, under Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot, fled first to Bordeaux in France and then to London, where it established itself as the only legitimate representation of Belgium to the Allies.
  Despite no longer having authority in its own country, the government administered the Belgian Congo and held negotiations with other Allied powers about post-war reconstruction. Agreements made by the government in exile during the war included the foundation of the Benelux Customs Union and Belgium's admission into the United Nations. The government also exercised influence within the Belgian army-in-exile and attempted to maintain links with the underground resistance.
caption: Hubert Pierlot (left), Prime Minister of the government in exile, April 1944.
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