Alexandre Gendebien
Alexandre Gendebien

Minister of Justice (Belgium)
In office 1831–1831
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Antoine Barthélémy

Alexandre Gendebien (leftmost) as member of the Provisional Government of Belgium, 1830

Alexandre Joseph Célestin Gendebien (Mons, 4 May 1789 – Brussels, 6 December 1869) was a lawyer in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium, where he also became minister of Justice.

He played an important role during the Belgian Revolution, together with his colleague Sylvain Van de Weyer. He was a proponent of Belgian union with France, and adversary of William I of the Netherlands.

References

Helmut Gaus (2007). Alexandre Gendebien en de organisatie van de Belgische revolutie van 1830 [Alexandre Gendebien and the Organisation of the Belgian Revolution of 1830] (in Dutch). Gent: Academia Press. ISBN 978-90-382-1173-2. 80 pages.

v t e Belgian Revolution and the independence of Belgium (1830–1839)
Belgian Revolution	Belgian Revolution Rattachism Orangism La muette de Portici (August 1830) La Brabançonne (August 1830) Provisional Government of Belgium (September 1830 – February 1831) National Congress of Belgium (November 1830) Constitution of Belgium (February 1831)
First Belgian monarchs	Érasme, Baron Surlet de Chokier (Regent; February 1831 – July 1831) Leopold I (King of the Belgians; July 1831 – December 1865)
Important figures	Charles Niellon Alexandre Dechet (Jenneval) Frédéric de Mérode Juan Van Halen (see also List of members of the National Congress)
Provisional Government	Alexandre Gendebien André Jolly Charles Rogier Louis de Potter Sylvain Van de Weyer Feuillien de Coppin Félix de Mérode Joseph Vanderlinden Emmanuel Van der Linden d'Hooghvorst
de Gerlache Government	Étienne Constantin de Gerlache Charles de Brouckère Alexandre Gendebien Albert Goblet d'Alviella Sylvain Van de Weyer
Lebeau I Government	Joseph Lebeau Étienne de Sauvage Charles de Brouckère Paul Devaux
United Kingdom of the Netherlands	King William I Prince William Ten Days' Campaign (August 1831) Siege of Antwerp (1832)
Treaties	London Conference of 1830 Treaty of the Eighteen Articles (1831) Treaty of London (1839) Treaty of Maastricht (1843) Iron Rhine Treaty (1873)
Monuments and honours	Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution Congress Column Civic Guard Merit Medal 1830 Star of Honour Iron Cross 1830 Volunteers' Commemorative Cross

v t e Justice ministers of Belgium
1831–1899	Gendebien (1831) Barthélémy (1831) Raikem (1831–32) Lebeau (1832–34) Ernst (1834–39) J-B. Nothomb (1839) Raikem (1839–40) Leclerq (1840–41) Van Volxem (1841–42) J-B. Nothomb (1842–43) d'Anethan (1843–47) de Haussy (1847–50) Tesch (1850–52) Faider (1852–55) A. Nothomb (1855–57) Tesch (1857–65) Bara (1865–70) Cornesse (1870–71) T. de Lantsheere (1871–78) Bara (1878–84) Woeste (1884) Devolder (1884–87) Le Jeune (1887–94) Begerem (1894–99)
1900–1999	Van den Heuvel (1899–1907) Renkin (1907–08) L. de Lantsheere (1908–11) Carton de Wiart (1911–18) Vandervelde (1918–21) Van de Vyere (1921) Masson (1921–25) Théodor (1925) Tschoffen (1925) Poullet (1925–26) Hymans (1926–27) Janson (1927–31) Cocq (1931–32) Janson (1932–34) Bovesse (1934–35) Soudan (1935–36) Bovesse (1936–37) Pierlot (1937) de Laveleye (1937) Maistriau (1937) du Bus de Warnaffe (1937–38) Pholien (1938–39) Van Dievoet (1939) de Schryver (1939) Soudan (1939) Janson (1939) Soudan (1939–40) Janson (1940) de Vleeschauwer (1940–42) Delfosse (1942–44) Verbaet (1944–45) du Bus de Warnaffe (1945) Grégoire (1945–46) Rolin (1946) Van Glabbeke (1946) Lilar (1946–47) Struye (1947–48) Moreau de Melen (1948–49) Lilar (1949–50) Carton de Wiart (1950) Moyersoen (1950–52) Pholien (1952) Lagae (1952) du Bus de Warnaffe (1952–54) Lilar (1954–58) Harmel (1958) Merchiers (1958–60) Lilar (1960–61) Vermeylen (1961–65) Wigny (1965–68) Vranckx (1968–73) Vanderpoorten (1973–77) Van Elslande (1977–80) Vanderpoorten (1980) Moureaux (1980–81) Gol (1981–88) Wathelet (1988–95) De Clerck (1995–98) Van Parys (1998–99)
2000–present	Verwilghen (1999–2003) Onkelinx (2003–07) Vandeurzen (2007–08) De Clerck (2008–11) Turtelboom (2011–14) De Block (2014) Geens (2014–2020) Van Quickenborne (2020–)

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