Victor Leemans
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Victor Leemans (21 July 1901, Stekene - 3 March 1971, Leuven) was a Belgian (Flemish) sociologist, politician and a prominent ideologist of the radical Flemish movement in the 1930s. He was a member of the militant organisation Verdinaso, and is seen by some as the main Flemish exponent of the historical phenomenon known as the Conservative Revolution.
Leemans obtained his doctorate from the Ecole des Hautes Études Sociales in Paris, and lectured at the Catholic University of Leuven. During the German occupation he was Secretary-General of Economical Affairs, and as such was persecuted after the war. He was absolved in 1947, and quite unhinderedly persued a political career in the Christian democratic party CVP (Christelijke Volkspartij). He was appointed provincial senator for Antwerp in 1949, and served as President of the European Parliament 1965-66.
| Preceded by Jean Duvieusart |
President of the European Parliament 1965—1966 |
Succeeded by Alain Poher |
| Presidents of the European Parliament |   |
|---|---|
| Presidents of the Common Assembly (1952-1958): Paul-Henri Spaak • Alcide De Gasperi • Giuseppe Pella • Hans Furler Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly (1958-1962): Robert Schuman • Hans Furler Presidents of the appointed Parliament (1962-1979): Gaetano Martino • Jean Duvieusart • Victor Leemans • Presidents of the directly elected Parliament (1979-present): Simone Veil • Piet Dankert • Pierre Pflimlin • Henry Plumb • Enrique Barón • Egon Klepsch • Klaus Hänsch • José María Gil-Robles • Nicole Fontaine • Pat Cox • Josep Borrell • Hans-Gert Pöttering |
