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Mayor Of The City Of Brussels
This is a list of mayors or burgomasters of the City of Brussels. Burgundian Netherlands (1384–1482) *1380: Pipenpoy family, Geert Pipenpoy *1381: Pipenpoy family, Geert Pipenpoy and Jacques Stovaert *1421: J. Swaeff, J. Cooman *1422: Walter Vanden Heetvelde, Petrus van Bolenbeke *1423: Guillaume de Kesterbeke, Jan van Muysen *1424: Jan van Coundeberg, called Rolibuc, Gielis Daneels, *1425: Willem van Herzele, J. de Schore, called de Briedere *1426: Wenceslas t'Serclaes, J. Rampaert *1427: Jean de Hertoghe, Michel de Mabeert *1428: H. Magnus, J. de Broeckhoven *1429: Willem van Kesterbeke, Daniel Poelbroot *1430: Simon van Ophem, J. de Schore, called de Briedere *1431: Pipenpoy family, Walter, son of Gerard Pipenpoy, J. Roypens *1432: Wenceslas t'Serclaes, Félix de Hont *1433: J. Bernaige, H. de Beringen *1434: Jean de Frigidomonte *1435: Walter Vandernoot, J. Rampaert *1436: Walter Vanden Winckele, Arnout Wellems, said Van Almkercke *1437: Henri Taye, J. van Broeckhoven *143 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Brussels
The City of Brussels is the largest List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, municipality and historical City centre, centre of the Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Region (from which it is List of capitals outside the territories they serve, separate) and Belgium. The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal Institutions of the European Union, EU institutions in its Brussels and the European Union#European Quarter, European Quarter. Besides the central historic town located within the Pentagon (Brussels), Pentagon, the City of Brussels covers some of the city's immediate outskirts within the greater Brussels-Capital Region, namely the former municipalities of Haren, Belgium, Haren, Laeken, and Neder-Over-Heembeek to the north, as well as the Avenue Louise, Avenue Louise/Louizalaan and the Bois de la Cambre, Bois de la Cambre/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume-Hippolyte Van Volxem
Guillaume-Hippolyte Van Volxem (13 February 1791 – 17 April 1868) was a Belgian lawyer, liberal politician and mayor of the City of Brussels. Life and career Van Volxem was born and died in Brussels. As a graduate of the ''École de droit de Bruxelles'', he became a lawyer at the . He began his political career in 1830, when he was designated as temporary member of the National Congress. In the same year, he was elected as alderman in Brussels and he was re-elected in 1836. Later, he became a member of the provincial council of Brabant and a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1837–1845). After the death of Nicolas-Jean Rouppe in 1838, he became the second burgomaster of the Belgian capital after the country's independence in 1830, as the municipal council designated him on 13 September 1838 to fulfill the functions of burgomaster of Brussels (1838–1841). He resigned as burgomaster when, on 13 April 1841, he became Minister for Justice (1841–1842) in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile De Mot
Emile André Jean De Mot (20 October 1835 – 23 November 1909) was a Belgian liberal politician and mayor of the City of Brussels.De Paepe, Jean-Luc, Raindorf-Gérard, Christiane (red), ''Le Parlement Belge 1831-1894''. Données Biographiques, Brussel, Académie Royale de Belgique, 1996, pp. 191–192. He was a lawyer and became alderman and mayor of Brussels (1899–1909). He was also a member of parliament. See also * List of mayors of the City of Brussels This is a list of mayors or burgomasters of the City of Brussels. Burgundian Netherlands (1384–1482) *1380: Geert Pipenpoy *1381: Geert Pipenpoy and Jacques Stovaert *1421: J. Swaeff, J. Cooman *1422: Walter Vanden Heetvelde, Petrus van Bo ... References Sources Emile Jean André DE MOT – Familiekunde Brussel 1835 births 1909 deaths Mayors of the City of Brussels {{Brussels-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Buls
Charles François Gommaire Buls (; 13 October 1837 – 13 July 1914) was a Belgian politician and mayor of the City of Brussels. Early life Charles François Gommaire Buls was born in Brussels as the son of a goldsmith from the region of Mechelen. Buls received an artistic education, and spent a year in Paris, and nine months in Italy, studying fine arts. He also learned several languages including English, German, Italian and Latin, besides his mother tongue Dutch. He followed in his father's footsteps and worked as a goldsmith. In 1862, he became a Freemason in ''Les vrais amis'', and in 1871 joined ''La libre pensée''. At the same time, he was a member of ''de Veldbloem'' and ''Vlamingen vooruit'', two Flemish organisations of the Flemish movement. Together with his brother in law, Leo Van der Kindere, the later mayor of Uccle, he became a " flamingant". Politics Buls entered politics in 1870 as a Flemish candidate on a radical list but he was not elected until 1877, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Buls (1837-1914)
Charles François Gommaire Buls (; 13 October 1837 – 13 July 1914) was a Belgian politician and mayor of the City of Brussels. Early life Charles François Gommaire Buls was born in Brussels as the son of a goldsmith from the region of Mechelen. Buls received an artistic education, and spent a year in Paris, and nine months in Italy, studying fine arts. He also learned several languages including English, German, Italian and Latin, besides his mother tongue Dutch. He followed in his father's footsteps and worked as a goldsmith. In 1862, he became a Freemason in ''Les vrais amis'', and in 1871 joined ''La libre pensée''. At the same time, he was a member of ''de Veldbloem'' and ''Vlamingen vooruit'', two Flemish organisations of the Flemish movement. Together with his brother in law, Leo Van der Kindere, the later mayor of Uccle, he became a "flamingant". Politics Buls entered politics in 1870 as a Flemish candidate on a radical list but he was not elected until 1877, when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Vanderstraeten
Felix Vanderstraeten (18 July 1823 – 29 June 1884) was a Belgian liberal politician and mayor of the City of Brussels. He was a brewer, and became alderman and mayor of Brussels (1879–1881). See also * List of mayors of the City of Brussels This is a list of mayors or burgomasters of the City of Brussels. Burgundian Netherlands (1384–1482) *1380: Geert Pipenpoy *1381: Geert Pipenpoy and Jacques Stovaert *1421: J. Swaeff, J. Cooman *1422: Walter Vanden Heetvelde, Petrus van Bo ... References Sources * Cooremans, Lucien, Félix Vanderstraeten proposa déjà, en 1880, de faire participer les communes de l'agglomération aux charges financières de la capitale, in : De 1830 à 1958. Douze bourgmestres libéraux ont fait de Bruxelles une des plus prestigieuses capitales, s.l., s.n., s.d., s.p. 1823 births 1884 deaths Mayors of the City of Brussels {{Brussels-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Anspach
Baron Jules Victor Anspach (20 July 1829 – 19 May 1879) was a Belgian liberal politician and mayor of the City of Brussels. He is best known for his renovations surrounding the covering of the river Senne (1867–1871). Life Anspach was born in Brussels into a family of Calvinist Genevan origin. His father François (died 1858) served in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. Jules Anspach studied law at the Free University of Brussels, becoming a Doctor of Law. As with many Liberals, Anspach was a Freemason. Like his father, Anspach was elected to the Chamber of Representatives. Anspach rose rapidly, replacing Fontainas as mayor of Brussels in 1863, aged only 34, holding the office until his death in 1879. He effected massive changes to the urban landscape of Brussels, centred on his oeuvre, the covering of the Senne (1867–1871). His renovations in Brussels paralleled those by Baron Haussmann in Paris. The modern city remains largely Anspach's creation in its basic form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules ANSPACH (1829-1879)
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). In the anglosphere, it is also used for females although it is still a predominantly masculine name.One of the few notable examples of a female fictional character with the name is Jules Lee from the American TV series Orphan Black: Echoes. It is the given name of: People with the name *Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer *Jules Abadie (1876–1953), French politician and surgeon *Jules Accorsi (born 1937), French football player and manager *Jules Adenis (1823–1900), French playwright and opera librettist *Jules Adler (1865–1952), French painter *Jules Asner (born 1968), American television personality *Jules Aimé Battandier (1848–1922), French botanist *Jules Bernard (born 2000), American basketball player *Jules Bianchi (1989–2015), French Formula One driver *Jules Breton (1827–1906), French Realist painter *Jules-André Brill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André-Napoléon Fontainas
André-Napoléon Fontainas (23 December 1807 – 19 July 1863) was a Belgian liberal politician, alderman and mayor of the City of Brussels. Life Fontainas was born and died in Brussels. His father came from the Auvergne region in France, and settled in Brussels in 1796 and worked in the ''Amigo'' prison. André-Napoléon graduated as a lawyer at the State University of Louvain and started working at the bar of Brussels. He was elected to the city council in 1841 and was appointed as an alderman in 1846. In 1849 he became a member of the chamber of representatives, after which he gave up his legal practice. As a politician he worked on social issues, to alleviate slum conditions and to improve educational facilities. In 1860, as first alderman of Brussels, he was appointed burgomaster by King Leopold I of Belgium. André-Napoléon de Fontainas served only for 30 months, as he died on 19 July 1863, while in office. Legacy In recognition of his efforts for education, the city cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (Belgium)
The Liberal Party (, ; , ) was a Belgian political party that existed from 1846 until 1961, when it became the Party for Freedom and Progress, ''Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang/Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès'' or PVV-PLP, under the leadership of Omer Vanaudenhove. History The Liberal Party was founded in 1846 and as such was the first political party of Belgium. Walthère Frère-Orban wrote the first charter for the new party. The Liberal Party had a clear victory in the 1848 elections, following lower tax requirements that benefited urban populations, where liberals were stronger. The Liberal Party remained in dominant position for the most part of the period from 1848 until 1884, where it lost to Catholics due to the First School War. The Liberal Party suffered even more losses in the next elections, most notable in the 1894 elections, the first ones with universal suffrage. However, they made a comeback in 1900 upon the introduction of proportional representatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
