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
Law
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at the
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) () is a Dutch and English-speaking research university located in Brussels, Belgium.The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is one of the five universities officially recognised by the Flemish Community, Flemish gov ...
(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
governor
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of the Belgian province
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, from 1 January 1967 until 1 October 1993. Since 1993, he was
Minister of State
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. Kinsbergen died 24 June 2016.
Honours
*
Minister of State
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, 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
Order of Leopold II
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.
* 22 juni 2000: Commander of the
Legion of Honour
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.
* 4 januari 1977: Knight Grand Officer in the
Order of Orange-Nassau
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The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...
.
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
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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