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1956 In Belgium
Events from the year 1956 in Belgium Incumbents * Monarch: Baudouin * Prime Minister: Achille Van Acker Events * 7 June – Labour Treaty signed at The Hague establishing free movement of labour between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, to come into force 1 November 1960. * 8 August – Mining accident of Marcinelle claims 262 lives, including 136 Italian foreign workers Publications * L. Petilllon, ''Belgium's Policy in the Belgian Congo'' (New York, Belgian Government Information Center) Births * 19 June – Mireille Versele, cystic fibrosis campaigner (died 1982) * 23 September – Serge Noël Serge Noël (23 September 1956 – 27 October 2020) was a Belgian poet and author. Bibliography *''Le violon-loup'' (1979) *''Dormir'' (1981) *''Al Majnûn'' (1985) *''Voyage à Auschwitz'' (1998) *''Enfants grimaciers, poèmes'' (1998) *''Je s ..., poet (died 2020) Deaths References {{Year in Europe, 1956 Belgium Years of the 20th century in Belgium 19 ... [...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] |
List Of Belgian Monarchs
This is a list of Monarchy of Belgium, Belgian monarchs from 1831 when the first Belgian king, Leopold I of Belgium, Leopold I, ascended the throne, after Belgium seceded from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands during the Belgian Revolution of 1830. Under the Constitution of Belgium, Belgian Constitution, the Belgian monarch is styled "King of the Belgians" (, , ) rather than "King of Belgium" in order to reflect the monarchy's Constitutional monarchy, constitutional and Popular monarchy, popular function. Since 1831, there have been seven Kings of the Belgians and two regents. List Timeline ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late DateFormat=dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:1830 till:2020 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1830 Colors = id:king value:green legend: king id:regent value:blue legend: regent Legend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baudouin Of Belgium
Baudouin (;, ; nl, Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Maria Gustaaf, ; german: Balduin Albrecht Karl Leopold Axel Maria Gustav. 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993), Dutch name Boudewijn, was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo. Baudouin was the elder son of King Leopold III (1901–1983) and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden (1905–1935). Because he and his wife, Queen Fabiola, had no children, at Baudouin's death the crown passed to his younger brother, King Albert II. Childhood and accession Prince Baudouin was born on 7 September 1930 in the Château du Stuyvenberg, near Laeken, Brussels, the elder son and second child of Prince Leopold, then Duke of Brabant, and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden. In 1934, Baudouin's grandfather King Albert I of Belgium was killed in a rock climbing accident; Leopold became king and the three-year-old Baudouin became Duke of Brabant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Belgium
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Achille Van Acker
Achille Van Acker (8 April 1898 – 10 July 1975) was a Belgian politician who served three terms as the prime minister of Belgium between 1946 and 1958. A moderate from Flanders, Van Acker was a member of the Belgian Socialist Party (PSB–BSP) and played an important role in the creation of the Belgian welfare state after World War II. Biography Early life Achille Honoré Van Acker was born into a working class family in Bruges, Belgium in 1898 as the youngest of 12 children. He only attended school until the age of 11. Despite entering the workforce, Van Acker read widely and joined several social associations in Bruges. At the outbreak of World War I, he was refused by the Belgian Army because he suffered from astigmatism. While the Germans occupied most of Belgium, Van Acker fled into the small section of unoccupied territory behind the Yser Front where he worked in various menial capacities. Mixing with Belgian soldiers during the war, Van Acker became involved in sociali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Of Movement
Freedom of movement, mobility rights, or the right to travel is a human rights concept encompassing the right of individuals to travel from place to place within the territory of a country,Jérémiee Gilbert, ''Nomadic Peoples and Human Rights'' (2014), p. 73: "Freedom of movement within a country encompasses both the right to travel freely within the territory of the State and the right to relocate oneself and to choose one's place of residence". and to leave the country and return to it. The right includes not only visiting places, but changing the place where the individual resides or works.Kees Groenendijk, Elspeth Guild, and Sergio Carrera, ''Illiberal Liberal States: Immigration, Citizenship and Integration in the EU'' (2013), p. 206: " eedom of movement did not only amount to the right to travel freely, to take up residence and to work, but also involved the enjoyment of a legal status characterised by security of residence, the right to family reunification and the right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International And Comparative Law Quarterly
The ''International & Comparative Law Quarterly'' is a law review published quarterly by thBritish Institute of International and Comparative Law It was established in 1952 and covers comparative law as well as public and private international law, including human rights, war crimes, and genocide, World Trade Organization law and investment treaty arbitration, recent developments of international courts and tribunals, as well as comparative public and private law all over the world. In addition to longer articles, the journal publishes book reviews. The editor-in-chief is Malcolm Evans (University of Bristol) and the Managing Editor iAnthony Wenton(British Institute of International and Comparative Law). This journal is the result of the merger of the ''Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law'' and ''The International Law Quarterly''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mining Accident Of Marcinelle
The Marcinelle mining disaster (french: Catastrophe de Marcinelle) was a major mining accident, which occurred at the Bois du Cazier coal mine at Marcinelle, Hainaut Province, in Belgium, on 8 August 1956. It was caused by an underground electrical fire, which trapped a large number of mineworkers, many of them guest workers from Italy, who died of smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning before they could be rescued. In total, 262 miners were killed and it remains prominent in folk memory in Belgium. Background Coal mining was historically a major industry in Belgium and a major force during the era of the Industrial Revolution. It was concentrated around three mining basins in Hainaut, Liège and latterly Limburg provinces. The Bois du Cazier mine was located in the former at Marcinelle in the region around Charleroi known as the '' Pays Noir''. Although increasingly struggling to compete with foreign competition, the Belgian economic miracle at the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Worker
Foreign workers or guest workers are people who work in a country other than one of which they are a citizen. Some foreign workers use a guest worker program in a country with more preferred job prospects than in their home country. Guest workers are often either sent or invited to work outside their home country or have acquired a job before leaving their home country, whereas migrant workers often leave their home country without a specific job in prospect. Tens of millions of people around the world operate as foreign workers. As of 2018, according to reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is an estimated 28 million foreign-born workers in the United States, which draws most of its immigrants from Mexico, including 4 or 5 million undocumented workers. It is estimated that around 5 million foreign workers live in northwestern Europe, half a million in Japan, and around 5 million in Saudi Arabia. Between January and June in 2019, 2.4 million foreigners arrived to wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mireille Versele
Mireille Jeanne Eugénie Versele (1956–1982) was a Belgian cystic fibrosis campaigner who founded the first international association for young adults with the disease. Life Versele was born in Schaerbeek (Brussels) on 19 June 1956.Paule Van Geffel, "Versele, Mireille", in '' Nouvelle Biographie Nationale'', vol. 6 (Brussels, 2001), p. 388. Despite her health issues, she successfully studied Germanic philology at university. In 1982, on the occasion of the International Cystic Fibrosis Conference held in Brussels under the patronage of Queen Fabiola Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mothe ..., Versele launched the International Association of Cystic Fibrosis Adults (IACFA), with members from 15 different countries. She died in Brussels on 4 November 1982. Further reading O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Noël
Serge Noël (23 September 1956 – 27 October 2020) was a Belgian poet and author. Bibliography *''Le violon-loup'' (1979) *''Dormir'' (1981) *''Al Majnûn'' (1985) *''Voyage à Auschwitz'' (1998) *''Enfants grimaciers, poèmes'' (1998) *''Je suis la plus petite place Tien Anmen du monde'' (1999) *''Mémorial des morts sans tombeau'' (2000) *''Reconstruisons notre chant d’amour et de guerre'' (2004) *''Passer le temps ou lui casser la gueule'' (2005) *''Journal d’un homme seul'' (2006) *''Un communiqué du ministère de la nuit'' (2006) *''Un flic ordinaire'' (2007) *''Le Fils du Père Noël'' (2007) *''La Passe magique'' (2011) *''Exil de nos ivresses'' (2011) *''La beauté des blessures'' (2012) *''Aux premières heures d'un jour nouveau'' (2013) *''Danser avec le diable'' (2014) *''A la limite du prince charmant'' (2018) Collective Works *''Bruxelles/Tanger'' (2006) *''Paroles d’exils'' (2007) *''Trois planètes'' (2009) *''J'ai deux amours'' (2012) *''Classe de oufs!'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
