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Algemene Centrale der Liberale Vakbonden van België ... 1944–1959: Adolphe Van Glabbeke; 1959–1989: Armand Colle; 1989–1994: Willy Waldack; 1994–2006: Guy Haaze;
In the politics of Belgium, Unionism or Union of Opposites (union des oppositions) is a Belgian political movement that existed from the 1820s to 1846.(In the present day, the term 'unionists' is sometimes used in a Belgian context to describe those who oppose the partition of Belgium, such as members of the Belgische Unie – Union Belge and l’Unie parties.
The exchange was owned by Van der Beurze family. Traders and foreign merchants from across Europe, especially the Italian Republics of Genoa, Florence and Venice, conducted business at this venue in the late medieval period. [3] The building, which was established by Robert van der Beurze as a hostelry, had operated from 1285. [4]
The Liberal Party (Dutch: Liberale Partij, pronounced [libəˈraːlə pɑrˈtɛi]; French: Parti libéral, pronounced [paʁti libeʁal]) 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.
Brent Meuleman (born 17 March 1988) is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. [1] A member of Vooruit, he has represented East Flanders since June 2024.
Geldolf III van Brugge en van Gruuthuse (1265/70 – c. 1335) With Geldolf III, the male line of the family was extinct; however, a daughter of Geldolf II, Catharina (or Maria, or Anna) van Brugge (1265/70 – c. 1320) married one van der Aa, likely Geerard van der Aa, lord of Grimbergen (1260–1310), and her heirs continued to bear the van ...
In his account of a 2003 combat deployment in Iraq, Soft Spots, Marine Sgt. Clint Van Winkle writes of such an incident: A car carrying two Iraqi men approached a Marine unit and a Marine opened fire, putting two bullet holes in the windshield and leaving the driver mortally wounded and his passenger torn open but alive, blood-drenched and ...
The Arrondissement of Bruges was created in 1800 as the first arrondissement in the Department of Lys (Dutch: Departement Leie).It originally comprised the cantons of Ardooie, Bruges, Gistel, Ostend, Ruiselede, Tielt and Torhout.