Laurent Merchiers

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Laurent Merchiers
Born (1904-06-09)9 June 1904
Zottegem, Belgium
Died Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Ghent, Belgium
Nationality Belgium
Occupation politician, lawyer, professor

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

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.

Source


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>