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1943 In Belgium
This is a page of the events in the year 1943 in Belgium. Incumbents * Monarch: Leopold III (prisoner) * Prime Minister: Hubert Pierlot (in exile) *Head of the occupying Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France: Alexander von Falkenhausen *Head of the administrative staff of the Occupation: Eggert Reeder Events * 13 January – Cardinal van Roey issues a pastoral letter condemning terrorism.Alain de Gueldre et al., ''Kroniek van België'' (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987). * 17 January – Léon Degrelle declares that Walloons are ethnically Germanic. * 20 January – Solo airstrike on the Gestapo's Brussels headquarters by Jean de Selys Longchamps. * 27 February – 750 Belgian police officers and gendarmes placed in detention by the occupying forces. * 7 March – Decree obliging students to spend six months as labourers. * 10 March – Decree confiscating church bells to be melted down for metal. * 15 March – Cardinal van Roey issues a pastoral letter co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre For Fine Arts, Brussels
The Centre for Fine Arts (french: Palais des Beaux-Arts, nl, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of ''Beaux-arts'') in French or PSK in Dutch. The building was designed by the architect Victor Horta, and completed in 1929 at the instigation of the banker and patron of the arts Henry Le Bœuf. It includes exhibition and conference rooms, a cinema and a concert hall, which serves as home to the National Orchestra of Belgium. History Construction (1923–1929) Victor Horta began designing the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels following World War I, in a more geometric style than his previous works, similar to Art Deco. The Belgian Parliament initially denied funding for the plans. With the founding of the ''Société du Palais des Beaux-Arts'' in 1922, the project was revived. Construction started in 1923,''Horta: Art Nouveau to Modernism'', Harry N Abrams, albeit with several restr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Albert
Victor Albert (25 November 1943 – 10 November 2005) was a Belgian politician. He was a member of the Chamber of Representatives. References Engis dit adieu à Vicky Albert from La Dernière Heure, 12 November 2005 Members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) 1943 births 2005 deaths {{Wallonia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Adamo
Salvatore Adamo (born November 1, 1943) is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, and has lived in Belgium since the age of three, which is why he has dual citizenship. Since 2001 Adamo holds the Belgian noble title of '' Ridder'', similar to the English title of "Knight". He first gained popularity throughout Europe and later in the Middle East, Latin America, Japan, and the United States. He has sold more than 80 million albums and 20 million singles making him one of the most commercially successful musicians in the world. He mainly performs in French but has also sung in Italian, Dutch, English, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Turkish. "Tombe la neige", " La nuit", "Vous permettez, Monsieur ?", "Inch'Allah" and "C'est ma vie" remain his best known songs. He is currently the best selling Belgian musician of all time. Early life The father of Adamo, Antonio, emigrated to Belgium in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josly Piette
Josly Piette (born 1943 in Glons) is a Belgian politician and former trade unionist. He is a member of the Centre démocrate humaniste (cdH). Since 2006 he has been mayor of the Liège municipality of Bassenge.(14 October 2012)Résultats complets à Bassenge: pas de surprise, le cdH de Josly Piette est gagnant Sud Presse (re-elected in 2012) He was also Federal Minister of Employment in the interim Verhofstadt III government from 2007 till 2008.(20 Dec. 2007)CdH'er Josly Piette gaat voor minister van Werk ''Het Laatste Nieuws ''Het Laatste Nieuws'' (; in English ''The Latest News'') is a Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded by Julius Hoste Sr. on 7 June 1888. It is now part of DPG Media, and is the most popular newspaper in Flanders and ...'' References External links Josly PietteiODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures 1943 births Living people Belgian trade unionists Centre démocrate humaniste politicians Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Langendries
Raymond A. Langendries (born 1 October 1943 in Tubize) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the Centre Démocrate Humaniste, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. He is a substitute for the Committee on Development, a member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China. On 17 July 2008, he was one of three senior Belgian politicians commissioned by King Albert II to investigate ways of enabling constitutional reform talks in the light of the long-running Belgian constitutional crisis. Education * 1964: Teaching diploma Career * 1964-1972: Primary teacher * 1981-1985: Head of the office of the Minister for the Interior * 1972-1974: Secretary of the PSC in the House of Representatives * 1974-1979: PSC national secretary * since 1971: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude De Bruyn
Claude De Bruyn (1 September 1943 – 27 August 2020) was a Belgian serviceman and television presenter. Biography Lieutenant-Colonel De Bruyn was born in Uccle in 1943. He spent three years at the École royale des cadets before being admitted to the Royal Military Academy. Lastly, he attended the École royale de Gendarmerie. In 1966, he graduated from the University of Liège with a degree in criminology. In 1970, De Bruyn was hired by RTBF to host a weekly television program on road safety, titled ''Contacts''. In 1978, the manual ''Feu vert pour le permis de conduire'' was published, intending to prepare drivers for their upcoming exams. De Bruyn left the program in 1980. He was promoted to the rank of Major in the Belgian Armed Forces The Belgian Defense Forces ( nl, Defensie; french: La Défense) is the national military of Belgium. The King of the Belgians is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. The Belgian Armed Forces was established after Belgium beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Smets
André Smets (5 July 1943 – 30 December 2019) was a Belgian politician, who served as Mayor of Herve from 1985 to 2010. He also sat in the Chamber of Representatives for the Verviers constituency from 1999 to 2003. As a member of parliament he mainly focused on traffic, infrastructure and government-owned companies. In 1970 he was elected to Herve as a municipal councillor for the then PSC (precursor of the current Centre démocrate humaniste) and from 1977 to 1985 as an alderman. In 1985 he became mayor of the municipality, which he remained until leaving politics at the end of 2010. Smets was a teacher by profession and from 1975 to 1999 he was head of the Institut Saint-Joseph in Herve. References 1943 births 2019 deaths Mayors of places in Belgium People from Herve Members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Place of birth missing {{Wallonia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Godefroot
Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of , later known as T-Mobile Team. As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in the individual road race of the 1964 Summer Olympics after his young compatriot Eddy Merckx was caught in the final. Both men turned professional in 1965 and Walter Godefroot was presented as Merckx's bane in his early days, winning several races ahead of him: the Belgian championship in 1965, Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1967) and Paris–Roubaix (1969). But Godefroot eventually didn't have Merckx's abilities in stage races and concentrated on the separate stages in the grand tours. He won ten stages in the Tour de France, including the stage on the Champs-Élysées in 1975 where the Tour finished for the first time, and the green jersey in the 1970 Tour de France, one stage in the 1970 Tour of Italy and two stages in the 1971 Tour of Spain. Being a specialist in one-day clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Ernotte
André Ernotte (3 June 1943 – 8 March 1999) was a Belgian film director and screenwriter. Filmography References External links * 1943 births 1999 deaths Belgian film directors Belgian screenwriters Film people from Liège 20th-century screenwriters {{Belgium-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Jacques Cassiman
Jean-Jacques Cassiman (25 April 1943 – 5 August 2022) was a Belgian geneticist and professor of human genetics. Education and career He graduated in 1967 from the Department of Medical Sciences of the Catholic University of Leuven and then did five years research on human genetics at Stanford University in the United States. From 1976 to 1981 he was associate professor in the Department of Human Genetics in Leuven. In 1981 he became a full professor in the same department and he was head of the laboratory for human mutations and polymorphisms in the Centre for Human Genetics affiliated with the Catholic University of Leuven. In 1998 he became head of the centre. Jean-Jacques Cassiman has done work in the field of human genetics and DNA research. In 1998 he received the Francqui chair at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and in 2002 he earned a PhD to Doctor Honoris Causa at the Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In 1998 Profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert De Cuyper
Norbert De Cuyper (born 14 April 1943 in Uitkerke) is a Belgian, Flemish politician. He was the mayor of Torhout from 1991 to 2016. Political career Norbert De Cuyper was asked by then Mayor of Torhout Roger Windels to run for '' Schepen'' in the election of 1982 for CD&V. Norbert won the seat and became ''schepen'' of festivities, culture, education and middle class on 3 January 1983, he held this position until 1991 therefore being the longest serving ''schepen'' of Torhout, a record that has not been broken since. During his first legislature as ''schepen'' of Torhout, he was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most soup made in one go. After breaking the record together with the town on the ''Markt'' of Torhout, he and the participants sold the soup to all onlookers who had gathered at the site. When the opportunity came for Norbert to become Mayor of Torhout in 1991, he didn't want to run in first place, it were his colleagues who put him forward for c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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