François-Xavier van der Straten-Waillet

François-Xavier Georges Joseph Marie Ghislain baron van der Straten-Waillet
van der Straten-Waillet as the Belgian ambassador to The Netherlands at Huis ten Bosch in 1966
Monarch	Baudouin of Belgium
Ambassador of Belgium to Italy
In office 1969–1975
Director-General political affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office 1966–1969
Ambassador of Belgium to The Netherlands
In office 1955–1966
Ambassador of Belgium to Argentina
In office 1952–1955
Party chair of the Christian Social Party
In office 1949–1950
Preceded by	August De Schryver
Succeeded by	Theo Lefèvre
Minister of Public Health
In office 1948–1949
Preceded by	Alfons Verbist
Succeeded by	Adolphe Van Glabbeke
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office 1947–1948
Preceded by	Paul-Henri Spaak
Succeeded by	Georges Moens de Fernig
Member of Parliament
In office 1946–1952
Personal details
Born	(1910-01-22)22 January 1910 Antwerp, Belgium
Died	15 February 1998(1998-02-15) (aged 88) Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Political party	Christian Social Party
Spouse	Marie-Thérèse Moretus Plantin de Bouchout
Alma mater	Catholic University of Leuven

François-Xavier Georges Joseph Marie Ghislain baron van der Straten-Waillet (22 January 1910 - 15 February 1998) was a Belgian politician for the Christian Social Party.

Biography

Coat of arms of the van der Straten family

Van der Straten-Waillet was a son of baron Alphonse van der Straten-Waillet (1884-1964), mayor of Westmalle, and of Irène Bosschaert de Bouwel (1885-1971). Van der Straten-Waillet married Marie-Thérèse Moretus Plantin de Bouchout (1912-2004) in 1935 and had six children. He obtained his doctorate in law at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1932 and became a director of the Verbond van Kristelijke Werkgevers (League of Christian Employers).

In 1946, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Christian Social Party for the Arrondissement of Antwerp. From 1949 to 1950, he was the second party chair, succeeding August De Schryver.

Van der Straten became a government minister twice: Minister of Foreign Trade from 1947 to 1948, and Minister of Public Health and Family from 1948 to 1949. Afterwards, he became an ambassador of Belgium to several countries, namely to Argentina (1952-1955), The Netherlands (1955-1966), and Italy (1969-1975).

Publications

• van der Straten-Waillet, François-Xavier (1937). "Le statut de la propriété". Revue générale.
• van der Straten-Waillet, François-Xavier (1938). "La fonction sociale de la noblesse dans la société d'aujourd'hui". Revue générale.
• van der Straten-Waillet, François-Xavier (1950). "De la consultation populaire aux élections". Revue générale de Belgique.