Achille Delattre

Achille Delattre (24 August 1879 – 13 July 1964) was a Belgian politician and trade unionist.

Born in Pâturages, in the Hainaut Province of Belgium, Delattre became a coal miner at the age of twelve.

[1][2] In 1927, Delattre was persuaded by Herbert Smith to become secretary of the Miners' International Federation (MIF), the first non-Briton to hold the post.

[1][3] In 1945, Delattre was elected as chair of the Union of Mineworkers of Belgium, and also as president of the MIF.

He retired from his trade union posts in 1958, but remained Mayor of Pâturages until his death in 1964.