Jean Demannez (15 February 1949 – 1 December 2021) was a Belgian politician. He served as mayor of

Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Saint-Josse-ten-Noode () or Sint-Joost-ten-Node (), often simply called Saint-Josse or Sint-Joost, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the Ci ...

in the

Brussels-Capital Region Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

from 1999 to 2012.

Biography

A member of the

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(PS), Demannez was elected schepen of the communal council of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in January 1977. Following the death of , he became mayor. He also served in the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region from 1989 to 2001 and was President of the . In

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, Demannez was defeated in the local election by and lost his seat as mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.

Jazz

Demannez was passionate about jazz. As mayor, he founded the festival and led the initiative for the foundation of

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, located in the old .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Demannez, Jean 1949 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Belgian politicians 21st-century Belgian politicians Mayors of places in Belgium Members of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region Socialist Party (Belgium) politicians People from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode