Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da farko lauya ne kuma dan masana'antu, ya yi aiki a matsayin magajin garin Tournai kuma an zabe shi a matsayin wakili a majalisar wakilai ta Netherlands a lokacin zamanin Dutch, sannan zuwa majalisar wakilai ta Belgium a 1830, kasancewar yana daya daga cikin masu kirkirar kungiyar.
kafa masarautar Belgium a wannan shekarar. Bayan zaben Louis, Duke na Nemours a ranar 3 ga Yuli, 1832, ya kasance wani ɓangare na tawagar wakilai da aka aika zuwa Paris don ba da ɗan ƙaramin yarima kambi. Daga nan ya yi aiki a matsayin Leopold I na jakadan Belgium a Faransa kuma mataimakin majalisar wakilai ta Belgium. An sanya shi ministan jiha a shekara ta 1856.