Jean Pede (7 January 1927 – 23 July 2013) was a
Belgian
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liberal politician for the
PVV.
Biography
Professionally Jean Pede was a notary, in a long line of notaries, from his father's as well as from his mother's side.
From February 1985 to October 1988 he was Flemish minister of internal affairs and urban planning.
He was time-long
burgomaster
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of
Bottelare
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(1959–1976) and of
Merelbeke
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Melsen is a village in the province of East Flanders, Belgium, and is a part of the muni ...
(1977-1982 and 1989-1994), and also Provincial Council member of
East Flanders
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.
He was a member of the Belgian Parliament:
* from 1965 to 1971 as a member of the Chamber of Representatives,
* from 1971 tot 1995 as a senator.
These mandates made him automatically a member of the Flemish Council and he was its chair from 1981 to 1985 and again a few months in 1988.
References
Sources
* Paul VAN MOLLE, ''La Parlement belge - Het Belgisch Parlement, 1894-1972'', Antwerpen, 1972
* Belgische Senaat, ''Biografisch Handboek'', Brussel, 1987, p. 371-373.
* Clair YSEBAERT, ''Politiek Zakboekje met Politicowie. Decisionmakers '93-'94'', Zaventem, Kluwer Editorial, 1993, p. 284-285.
* Nicole LEHOUCQ en Tony VALCKE, ''De fonteinen van de Oranjeberg, Politiek-institutionele geschiedenis van de provincie Oost-Vlaanderen van 1830 tot nu. Deel 2 : Biografisch repertorium'', Gent, Stichting Mens en Cultuur, 1997, p. 314-315.
* ''Jean Pede. Ere-senator'', 29/09/1996. Viering, s.l., s.n., 1996, s.p.
* ''Levensloop Ere-senator Jean Pede'', Viering 29 September 1996, Merelbeke, Gemeentehallen, 1996, 7 p.
External links
Presidents of the Flemish parliament
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1927 births
Belgian politicians
2013 deaths
People from Oudenaarde