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The Rexist Party, or simply Rex, was a far-right Catholic authoritarian and corporatist political party active in Belgium from 1935 until 1945. The party was founded by a journalist, Léon Degrelle. It
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Victor Matthijs (54), interim head of Rex, and Louis Collard (55), head of Rex's political department, listen to the explanations given by one or other of their subordinates.
Léon Degrelle portrait
Louis Collard
General elections were held in Belgium on 24 May 1936. The result was a victory for the Belgian Labour Party, which won 70 of the 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 39 of the 101 seats in
Rexist Party
…Christ the King'). The highest electoral achievement of the Rexist Party was 21 out of 202 deputies (with 11.4% of the vote) and twelve senators in the 1936 election. Never a mass movement, it was on the decline by 1938. During the German occupation of Belgium in World War II, Rex was the most significant collaborationist…
Émile Vandervelde 1919
Paul van Zeeland, 1937
Degrelle, Leon
Staf De Clercq