Laurent Merchiers (9 June 1904 – 5 February 1986) was a Belgian liberal politician, lawyer, and a professor at the University of Ghent.

During the occupation of Belgium, working as an editor for the clandestine newspapers Vrij Nederland and Het Belfort,[1] and was also a member of the Ghent Independence Front affiliated with the KPB.[2] He was mayor of Ghent in a liberal-socialist coalition from 1953 to 1958. Laurent Merchiers was a member of parliament and senator (1955–1971), and minister of justice (1958–1960). He resigned as a minister after the Congo crisis.

Sources

  1. ^ "Merchiers, Laurent (1904-1986)". UGentMemorie (in Dutch). 16 August 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  2. ^ Christiaens, Tom (22 May 2019). "Gent een rebelse stad?". de lage landen. Retrieved 29 December 2024.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Merchiers
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