About Laurent Merchiers
Lived 1904 – 1986 (aged 81). Laurent Merchiers was a Belgian politician, jurist, lawyer and university teacher.
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, and was also a member of the Ghent Independence Front affiliated with the KPB. 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.
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Who was Laurent Merchiers?
Belgian politician
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Laurent Merchiers was born on 9 June 1904 in Belgium, Zottegem.
When did Laurent Merchiers die?
Laurent Merchiers died on 5 February 1986 in Ghent.
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Laurent Merchiers was a politician, jurist, lawyer and university teacher.
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Laurent Merchiers was Belgian.
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