Piet Van Brabant (

Schaerbeek (French language, French and History of Dutch orthography, archaic Dutch, ) or (contemporary Dutch language, Dutch, ) is one of the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, 19 municipalities of the Brussels, Brussels-Capital Re ...

, 11 March 1932 –

Jette Jette (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Ganshoren, Koekelberg, and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, as well as the Flemi ...

, 6 July 2006) was a

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...

journalist, editor of the journal ''

Het Laatste Nieuws ''Het Laatste Nieuws'' (; in English ''The Latest News'') is a Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded by Julius Hoste Sr. on 7 June 1888. It is now part of DPG Media, and is the most popular newspaper in Flanders and ...

'', chief editor of the weekly ''Het Volksbelang'', and general secretary of the

Liberaal Vlaams Verbond The Liberaal Vlaams Verbond (E: Liberal Flemish League) was founded in 1913. From its origin it wanted to promote the Flemish cause and drew attention to social matters, within the Belgian Liberal Party. Together with the Willemsfonds and the Lib ...

(1960–1996).

Bibliography

* ''De Vrijmetselaars: reguliere loges in België'' (1990), Uitgeverij Hadewijch, * ''Lexicon van de Loge, handboek voor vrijmetselaars'' (1993), Uitgeverij Hadewijch, * ''In het hart van de Loge: Riten, symbolen en inwijdingen'' (1995), Uitgeverij Hadewijch, * P. Van Brabant, W. Blomme, ''Als een vuurtoren, 85 jaar Liberaal Vlaams Verbond'', (1998) Liberaal Archief * ''De Christelijke wortels van de Vrijmetselarij'' (2001), Uitgeverij Houtekiet, * ''De Vrijmetselarij in Nederland en Vlaanderen'' (2003), Uitgeverij Houtekiet, * ''De spiritualiteit van de Vrijmetselaar'' (2006), Uitgeverij Houtekiet,

Sources

Piet Van Brabant
(Liberal Archive) * Vandewalle, E., ''Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging'', Tielt-Utrecht, Lannoo, 1973, 2 vols., p. 224. People from Schaerbeek 1932 births 2006 deaths Flemish journalists {{Belgium-bio-stub