Preceded by Frans Grootjans Name Jean Pede Succeeded by Frans Grootjans | Preceded by Henri Boel Succeeded by Louis Vanvelthoven Role Politician | |
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Political party Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats Died July 23, 2013, Brakel, Belgium Party Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten | ||
Jean Pede (7 January 1927 – 23 July 2013) was a Belgian 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 of Bottelare (1959-1976) and of Merelbeke (1977-1982 and 1989-1994), and also Provincial Council member of East Flanders.
He was a member of the Belgian Parliament:
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
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