monarch predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
leopold ii paul de smet de naeyer paul de smet de naeyer 6 march 1917 kortrijk , belgium anderlecht , belgium catholic party prime minister of belgium 18 march 1843 24 january 1899 jules van den peereboom.jpg jules vandenpeereboom
 5 august 1899 jules vandenpeereboom
jules vandenpeereboom

jules henri pierre françois vandenpeereboom -lrb- 18 march 1843 -- 6 march 1917 -rrb- was a belgian catholic party politician .
vandenpeereboom was born in kortrijk and educated as a lawyer .
he represented kortrijk in the belgian chamber of people 's representatives from 1878 to 1900 .
he held several ministerial posts , beginning with railways , posts and telegraphs , from 1884 to 1899 .
he combined this with the war ministry from 1896 .
he served as the 17th prime minister of belgium in 1899 .
he was responsible for the introduction of bilingual postage stamps in belgium in the period 1891 to 1893 .
on leaving the chamber , he was appointed an honorary minister of state in 1900 and served in the belgian senate representing west flanders .
he died in anderlecht .
