List of mayors of Ghent
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1800s
| Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Office Entered | Office Left | Party |
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| Joseph Van Crombrugghe Joseph Van Crombrugghe Joseph Van Crombrugghe was a lawyer and a politician in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later in Belgium.... |
22 September 1770 | 10 March 1842 | 1825 | 1836 | Liberal 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... |
| Jean-Baptiste Minne-Barth Jean-Baptiste Minne-Barth Jean-Baptiste Minne-Barth was a lawyer and Belgian Orangist politician.He was a municipality Council member and burgomaster of Ghent . Jean-Baptiste Minne-Barth became President of the University of Ghent in 1846.-Source:*... |
2 September 1796 | 17 February 1851 | 1837 | 1840 | Liberal 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... |
| Joseph Van Crombrugghe Joseph Van Crombrugghe Joseph Van Crombrugghe was a lawyer and a politician in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later in Belgium.... (2) |
22 September 1770 | 10 March 1842 | 1840 | 1842 | Liberal 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... |
| Constant de Kerchove de Denterghem Constant de Kerchove de Denterghem Count Constant de Kerchove de Denterghem was a Belgian liberal politician. He was a son of Jean de Kerchove and Sabine della Faille d'Assenede, both descendants of Flemish nobility... |
31 December 1790 | 12 July 1865 | 1842 | 1854 | Liberal 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... |
| Josse Joseph de Lehaye Josse Joseph de Lehaye Josse Judocus Joseph de Lehaye-Dael was a Belgian magistrate and liberal politician.As a politician, he was a member of the National Congress, burgomaster of Merendree, member of the municipal council and mayor of Ghent , member of the provincial council of the province of East Flanders and a... |
28 May 1800 | 22 September 1888 | 1854 | 1857 | Liberal 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... |
| Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem Count Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem was a Belgian engineer and liberal politician. He was a son of the Ghent burgomaster Constant de Kerchove de Denterghem. His son Oswald would become Provincial Governor of Hainaut.... |
1819 | 1882 | 1857 | 1882 | Liberal 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... |
| Hippolyte Lippens Hippolyte Lippens Hippolyte Lippens was a lawyer, manager of sugar factories and a Belgian liberal politician... |
16 October 1847 | 31 December 1906 | 1882 | 1895 | Liberal 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... |
| Emile Braun Emile Braun Emile, Baron Braun was an engineer, Belgian liberal politician and manager of companies in the textile industry.... |
2 December 1849 | 30 August 1927 | 1895 | 1921 | Liberal 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... |
1900s
| Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Office Entered | Office Left | Party |
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| Alfred Vanderstegen Alfred Vanderstegen Alfred Théodore Marie Vanderstegen was a Belgian engineer, entrepreneur and liberal politician. He graduated as an engineer from the University of Ghent. He was the son of Henricus Vanderstegen and Rosa de Cavel... |
26 January 1869 | 7 January 1959 | 1921 | 1941 | Liberal 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... |
| Hendrik Elias Hendrik Elias Hendrik Josef Elias was a Belgian politician and Flemish nationalist.-Biography:Elias was a noted academic, holding doctorates in both Law and Philosophy from studies at the Catholic University of Leuven, the University of Paris and the University of Bonn before serving in a number of leading... |
12 June 1902 | 2 February 1973 | 1941 | 1944 | VNV Flemish National Union The Flemish National Union was a Nationalist Flemish political party in Belgium, founded by Staf de Clercq on October 8, 1933. De Clercq became known as den Leider .-Creation:... |
| Edward Anseele, Jr. | 21 March 1902 | 28 June 1981 | 1944 | 1946 | PSB-BSP Belgian Socialist Party The Belgian Socialist Party was a democratic socialist party which existed in Belgium from 1945 to 1978.The BSP was founded by activists from the Belgian Labour Party , which was the first Belgian socialist party. It ceased to function during the Second World War, while Belgium was under Nazi... |
| Emile Claeys | 12 April 1894 | 24 February 1984 | 1946 | 1952 | PSC-CVP Christian Democratic and Flemish The Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party... |
| Laurent Merchiers Laurent Merchiers Laurent Merchiers was a Belgian liberal politician, lawyer, and a Professor at the University of Ghent.... |
9 June 1904 | 5 February 1986 | 1952 | 1958 | Liberal 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... |
| Emile Claeys (2) | 12 April 1894 | 24 February 1984 | 1959 | 1970 | CVP Christian Democratic and Flemish The Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party... |
| Geeraard Van den Daele | 21 July 1908 | 1 October 1984 | 1971 | 1976 | CVP Christian Democratic and Flemish The Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party... |
| Neile van Davise | 3 August 1919 | 1976 | 1976 | CVP Christian Democratic and Flemish The Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party... |
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| Placide De Paepe | 2 November 1913 | 12 January 1989 | 1976 | 1982 | CVP Christian Democratic and Flemish The Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party... |
| Jacques Monsaert | 9 September 1934 | 28 July 2002 | 1983 | 1988 | CVP Christian Democratic and Flemish The Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party... |
| Gilbert Temmerman | 25 February 1928 | 1989 | 1994 | SP Socialistische Partij Socialistische Partij may refer toNetherlands parties:* Socialist Party * Socialist Party Belgian parties:* Socialist Party - Different* Socialist Party... |
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| Frank Beke | 5 August 1946 | 1995 | 2006 | SP Socialistische Partij Socialistische Partij may refer toNetherlands parties:* Socialist Party * Socialist Party Belgian parties:* Socialist Party - Different* Socialist Party... |
2000s
| Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Office Entered | Office Left | Party |
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| Daniël Termont Daniël Termont Daniël Termont is a Flemish politician, member of the Different Socialist Party and the mayor of Ghent, Belgium.He has been elected in the city council since 1976. From 1995 till 2006 he was alderman of the harbour... |
19 May 1953 | 2007 | SP.a |