Léo Collard

Collard, pictured in 1968 Léo Collard (11 July 1902 – 27 January 1981) was a Belgian politician in the Belgian Socialist Party (PSB–BSP) who served as minister of public education (1946 and 1954–1958) and Mayor of Mons (1953–1974).

In 1955, Collard tried to defund non-state schools and reverse an increase in teachers' pay brought in by the previous Christian Social Party government, while massively expanding state-owned schools. This led to the most violent phase of political conflict over educational funding in post-war Belgium, known as the Second School War, in which the Christian Social Party and the Catholic Church pressed for parity between free and state-run education. Collard also introduced a requirement that all teachers be officially certified, making many priests and members of religious orders already working as teachers ineligible for the positions they held.

In 1963 Leo Collard was appointed Minister of State. Provided by Wikipedia
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Collectie Vrijzinnige Werkmansbibliotheek By Dhondt, Jan, Pierson, Marc-Antoine, De Weerdt, Denise, Collard, Leo
Date 1960
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Nationaal Congres gehouden op 13 en 14 december 1969 By Collard, Leo
Date 1969
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Uittreksel uit "La revue Socialisme" (1967) 83 By Collard, Léo
Date 1967
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Voordracht gehouden op 9 mei 1957 onder auspiciën van de Fédération Belge des Femmes Diplomées de l'Université By Collard, Léo
Date 1957
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Bibliotheek Camille Huysmans By Collard, Léo
Date 1964
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Bibliotheek François Vercammen By Collard, Leo, Mitterrand, François
Date 1972
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Bibliotheek Camille Huysmans
Overdruk uit: Socialisme, mei 1959, nr 33 By Collard, Leo
Date [1959]
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