caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
guillaume-hippolyte van volxem -lrb- 1838 -rrb- 17 april 1868 brussels , belgium brussels , austrian netherlands belgium 13 february 1791 guillaume van volxem , 1838.png guillaume-hippolyte van volxem
 guillaume-hippolyte van volxem politician , lawyer
guillaume-hippolyte van volxem

guillaume-hippolyte van volxem -lrb- 13 february 1791 -- 17 april 1868 -rrb- was a belgian lawyer and liberal politician .
as a graduate of the `` l'École de droit de bruxelles '' , he becomes a lawyer at the bar of brussels .
he began his political career in 1830 , when he was designated as temporary member of the national congress .
in the same year , he was elected as alderman in brussels and he was re-elected in 1836 .
later he became a member of the provincial council of the brabant and a member of the belgian chamber of representatives -lrb- 1837 -- 1845 -rrb- .
after the death of nicolas-jean rouppe in 1838 , he became the second burgomaster of the belgian capital since 1830 , as the communal council designates himon 13 september 1838 to fulfill the functions of burgomaster of brussels -lrb- 1838 -- 1841 -rrb- .
he resigned as burgomaster when on 13 april 1841 , he became minister for justice -lrb- 1841 -- 1842 -rrb- in the cabinet of jean-baptiste nothomb who succeeded on that day the liberal joseph lebeau , who had resigned .
but van volxem only stayed minister for twenty months , because nothomb on 14 december 1842 , took on its own account the position of minister for justice , in addition to the post of prime minister .
on 16 april 1843 , the post of minister for justice went to the catholic jules d'anethan after the belgian elections in the spring of 1843 .
in 1845 , at 54 years of age , guillaume van volxem withdrew from political life .
he was the father of jules van volxem .
