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To whom did Pierlot hand over his duties as Prime Minister in February 1945?

  • George Theunis

  • Paul Van Zeeland

  • Achille Van Acker

  • Paul-Henri Spaak

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Pierlot handed over his duties as Prime Minister in February 1945 to Achille Van Acker. Pierlot had been Prime Minister since December 1939, but he resigned after the liberation of Belgium from Nazi occupation in September 1944. Van Acker was a socialist politician who had been imprisoned by the Nazis during the war. He served as Prime Minister until November 1946.
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