Auguste Orts

Belgian politician (1814–1880)

Auguste Engelbert Pierre Orts (7 April 1814 – 3 November 1880), was a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician.

Auguste Orts was a Lawyer, magistrate, professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and alderman of Brussels. He was President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 19 July 1859 until 18 July 1860 and Minister of State.

See also

• Liberal Party
• Liberalism in Belgium

Sources

• Auguste Engelbert Pierre Orts
• Mesdach de ter Kiele, in : Biographie Nationale, Brussels, Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts, 1866–1986, XVI, 1901, kol. 334–342.
• Vanderkindere, L., L'Université de Bruxelles 1834–1884, Brussel, 1884, p. 183-184.
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