Joris or Georges Helleputte (1852 – 1925)[1]: 52 was a Belgian politician and neo-Gothicist architect. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Public Works and Minister of Railways, Post and Telegraphs.
Helleputte was born to a Catholic family.[2]: 124 His father was Petrus Helleputte and his mother was Florentine Detemmerman.[3]
He graduated from Ghent University as a bridge and road engineer.[4]: 361
Helleputte became a professor of architecture at the Catholic University of Leuven,[5]: 160 teaching architects like Raymond Lemaire and Raphaël Verwilghen.[1]: 54 He collaborated on projects with Theodoor Van Dormael.[2]: 145
He founded the Leuven Guild of Craft and Commerce, co-founded the Boerenbond in 1890,[4]: 361 and helped found the Belgian Volksbond.[5]: 160 He was also a member of the Royal Commission for Monuments.[2]: 124
Helleputte represented Maaseik in the Chamber of Representatives from 1889 until 1924.[5]: 160 From 1901 until 1910, he was Minister of Railways, Post and Telegraphs.[4]: 361 He then became Minister of Agriculture and Public Works from 1910 until 1918.[4]: 361
He went with the exiled Belgian government to Le Havre in 1914.[6]: 107
In 1882, Helleputte married Louise Schollaert, the sister of prime minister Frans Schollaert, and they had no children.[6]: 107
His brother-in-law was Louis Cloquet, the Belgian architect.[2]: 125