Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt
Belgian politician
About Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt
Lived 1885 – 1966 (aged 80). Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt was a Belgian politician, women's rights activist and journalist.
Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt (August 3, 1885 – February 28, 1966) was the first woman mayor in Belgium.
Born into an aristocratic family in Leuven, she was elected mayor of Gheluvelt, a village near Ypres, in October 1921 after a law was passed allowing women to serve as mayors in August 1921. Her term ended in 1926, although she was still elected to the village council. Keingiaert de Gheluvelt served as mayor again from 1932 to 1938. From 1959 to 1965, she was alderman responsible for finances and education.
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Belgian politician (1885-1966)
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Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt was born on 7 August 1885.
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Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt died on 28 February 1966.
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Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt was a politician, women's rights activist and journalist.
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Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt was Belgian.
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