Count Jacques Andres Coghen was the second Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Belgium (1831-1832), and a direct ancestor of the current King, Philippe of Belgium.
Portrait by Louis Huard
Epitaphe of Jacques Coghen, Cemetery of Laeken (by Guillaume Geefs)
The Liberal Party was a Belgian political party that existed from 1846 until 1961, when it became the Party for Freedom and Progress, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang/Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès or PVV-PLP, under the leadership of Omer Vanaudenhove.
Election poster for the 1958 elections. The caption reads "Liberal Country, Happy Country".