Jan Hinnekens (died 2013) was President of the Belgian Catholic Farmers organisation (Dutch: Boerenbond) from 1981 to 1992. In 1992, he was succeeded by Robert Eeckloo. He was a member of the

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, a Belgian federalist

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and of the

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. He is married with Marie Parein and together they have four children. He died in October 2013.

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* Jan Hinnekens, ''Ontstaan en groei van het sociaal katholicisme in België'', Christelijke organisaties in nieuw perspectief, Antwerpen, 1966 2013 deaths Belgian businesspeople {{Belgium-business-bio-stub