Jean Louis Ghislain Borremans (14 May 1911, in Kasteelbrakel – 8 February 1968, in

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politician from the communist party

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. Borremans was a labourer and communist Member of Parliament. He was arrested in April 1941 with another Brussels delegate of the party, Jules Vanderlinden, and deported to a concentration camp. He survived the war and returned to politics in the 1950s.

Political career

* 1939 - 1949:

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* 1946 - 1947: Minister of Public Works * 1950 - 1954:

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