Hervé Brouhon was a Belgian politician for the Belgian Socialist Party.

Brouhon was born in Etterbeek

Etterbeek

Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It neighbours the municipalities of the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Schaerbeek....

. He became a teacher, he was first elected as a municipal councillor in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

 in 1950 and became its first socialist mayor from 1983 to 1993. He had also been member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1958 to 1985, and briefly Minister for Social Welfare in 1965-1966. Brouhon died in Anderlecht

Anderlecht

Anderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality.-Pronunciation:* Dutch: * French:...

  in 1993.