| Frans Schollaert | |
| Office: | Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Term Start: | 31 December 1907 |
| Term End: | 17 June 1911 |
| Predecessor: | Jules de Trooz |
| Successor: | Charles de Broqueville |
| Office2: | President of the Chamber of Representatives |
| Term Start2: | 12 November 1912 |
| Term End2: | 29 June 1917 |
| Predecessor2: | Gérard Cooreman |
| Successor2: | Prosper Poullet |
| Term Start3: | 12 November 1901 |
| Term End3: | 9 January 1908 |
| Predecessor3: | Louis Marie Joseph de Sadeleer |
| Successor3: | Gérard Cooreman |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1851 |
| Birth Place: | Wilsele, Belgium |
| Death Place: | Sainte-Adresse, France |
| Party: | Catholic Party |
François (Frans) Victor Marie Ghislain Schollaert (19 August 1851 - 29 June 1917) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.
Born in Wilsele, Schollaert trained as a lawyer and practiced in Leuven. He served as head of the Flemish farmer's union, the Boerenbond. He sat in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives from 1888 onwards, holding the office of President of the Chamber from 1901 to 1908, and from 1911 until his death.
On Jules de Trooz's sudden death on the last day of 1907, Schollaert replaced him as the prime minister of Belgium, also holding the Interior and Agriculture portfolios from 1908 to 1910, and the Arts and Science portfolio from 1910 to 1911. Schollaert was PM while the Belgian parliament, in heated debates, voted to annex the Congo Free State, which had been privately owned by Belgian King Leopold II. It became known as the Belgian Congo.[1] [2]
The Schollaert Channel, discovered in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, was named for him.
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