Josse Judocus Joseph de Lehaye-Dael (28 May 1800 – 22 September 1888) was a

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and

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politician. As a politician, he was a member of the

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Merendree Nevele () is a village and former Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. In 2 ...

, member of the

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and mayor of

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(1854–1857), member of the provincial council of the province of

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and a member of

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. He was

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of the

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from 25 April 1855 until 13 June 1857.

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Josse Joseph de Lehaye
*Balthazar, H., in : ''Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek'', Brussel, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academiën van België, 1964–, II, 1966, kol. 165–168. *Lebrocquy, G., ''Types et Profils parlementaires'', Paris, Lachaud & Burdin, 1873, pp. 502–506. *De Paepe, Jean-Luc, Raindorf-Gérard, Christiane (ed.), ''Le Parlement Belge 1831–1894. Données Biographiques, Brussel'', Académie Royale de Belgique, 1996, p. 159. 1800 births 1888 deaths Mayors of Ghent Members of the National Congress of Belgium Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) {{Belgium-mayor-stub

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