Felix Vanderstraeten (18 July 1823 – 29 June 1884) was a

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liberal politician and burgomaster of

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. Felix Vanderstraeten was a

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, and became

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and burgomaster of Brussels (1879–1881).

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* Cooremans, Lucien, Félix Vanderstraeten proposa déjà, en 1880, de faire participer les communes de l'agglomération aux charges financières de la capitale, in : De 1830 à 1958. Douze bourgmestres libéraux ont fait de Bruxelles une des plus prestigieuses capitales, s.l., s.n., s.d., s.p. 1791 births 1868 deaths Mayors of the City of Brussels {{Brussels-politician-stub

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