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Nationality
  
Belgium

Occupation
  
politician


Name
  
Andries Kinsbergen

Role
  
Belgian Politician

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Born
  
25 September 1926 (age 97) (
1926-09-25
)
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Education
  
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Andries Kinsbergen (25 September 1926 – 24 June 2016) was a Belgian lawyer and politician.

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Education

Andries Kinsbergen went to highschool at the Royal Athenaeum of Deurne. Since 2010 an auditorium at his old highschool is named after him.

In 1951, he graduated with a doctorate in Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

Career

He started his career as a lawyer in Antwerp and also worked as an assistant at the VUB. Later he became professor at the RUCA. He was governor of the Belgian province Antwerp from 1 January 1967 until 1 October 1993. Since 1993, he was Minister of State. Kinsbergen died 24 June 2016.

Honours

  • Minister of State, By Royal Decree.
  • 21 December 1995: Knight Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold.
  • 13 januari 1992 : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown.
  • 15 November 1971: Knight Commander in the Order of Leopold II .
  • 22 juni 2000: Commander of the Legion of Honour.
  • 4 januari 1977: Knight Grand Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.

    • References

    Andries Kinsbergen Wikipedia
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