Cika wannan jumla: A lokacin da
Tashin hankali na Belgium a ranar 16 ga Nuwamba 1830, ya shiga cikin sojojin juyin juya hali, kuma gwamnatin wucin gadi ta ba shi mukamin Kanar. Ya shiga siyasa a cikin sabuwar Belgium mai zaman kanta, inda ya zama Ministan Harkokin Waje ("de facto" firaminista) tsakanin 1832 da 1834. Kodayake babu tsarin jam'iyyar da aka kafa a lokacin, amma an dauke shi da 'yanci na siyasa. An nada shi a matsayin babban jami'in kula da sojojin Belgium a 1834.