 Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier

Érasme-Louis, Baron Surlet de Chokier (27 November 1769 – 7 August 1839), born in Liège, was a Belgian politician and, before the accession of Leopold I to the Belgian throne, was the first Regent of Belgium.During the Liège Revolution of 1789, when a crowd followed the example of the French Revolution and drove off the prince-bishop of Liège, Surlet de Chokier served in the patriotic army.