Andries Kinsbergen

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Andries Kinsbergen
Born(1926-09-25)25 September 1926
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died24 June 2016(2016-06-24) (aged 89)
NationalityBelgium
OccupationPolitician

Andries Kinsbergen (25 September 1926 – 24 June 2016) was a Belgian lawyer and politician.

Education[]

Andries Kinsbergen went to highschool at the Royal Athenaeum of Deurne. Since 2010 an auditorium at his old highschool is named after him.[1]

In 1951, he graduated with a doctorate in Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

Career[]

He started his career as a lawyer in Antwerp and also worked as an assistant at the VUB. Later he became professor at the RUCA. He was governor of the Belgian province Antwerp from 1 January 1967 until 1 October 1993. Since 1993, he was Minister of State. Kinsbergen died 24 June 2016.[2]

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Atheneum van Deurne kreeg een opknapbeurt". atv. 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Antwerps ex-gouverneur en Minister van Staat Andries Kinsbergen overleden". De Standaard.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "ODIS". www.odis.be.

Sources[]

  • Steve Heylen, Bart De Nil, Bart D’hondt, Sophie Gyselinck, Hanne Van Herck en Donald Weber, Geschiedenis van de provincie Antwerpen. Een politieke biografie, Antwerpen, Provinciebestuur Antwerpen, 2005, Vol. 2 p. 111
Preceded by
Richard Declerck
Governor of Antwerp
1967 – 1993
Succeeded by
Camille Paulus
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