Andries Kinsbergen (25 September 1926 – 24 June 2016) was a Belgian lawyer and politician.

Education

Andries Kinsbergen went to highschool at the Royal Athenaeum of Deurne. An auditorium at his old highschool was named after him in 2010. In 1951, he graduated with a doctorate in

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at the

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(VUB).

Career

He started his career as a lawyer in Antwerp and also worked as an assistant at the VUB. Later he became professor at the RUCA. He was

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of the Belgian province

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from 1 January 1967 until 1 October 1993. Since 1993, he was

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. Kinsbergen died 24 June 2016.

Honours

, By Royal Decree. * 21 December 1995: Knight Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold. * 13 januari 1992 : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown. * 15 November 1971: Knight Commander in the

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. * 22 juni 2000: Commander of the

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. * 4 januari 1977: Knight Grand Officer in the

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References

Sources

* Steve Heylen, Bart De Nil, Bart D’hondt, Sophie Gyselinck, Hanne Van Herck en Donald Weber, ''Geschiedenis van de provincie Antwerpen. Een politieke biografie'', Antwerpen, Provinciebestuur Antwerpen, 2005, Vol. 2 p. 111 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinsbergen, Andries 1926 births 2016 deaths Governors of Antwerp Province Belgian Ministers of State Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Free University of Brussels (1834–1969) alumni 20th-century Belgian lawyers