Emmanuel de Bethune

Baron Emmanuel Pierre Marie Ghislain de Bethune (18 July 1930 – 4 November 2011) was a Belgian politician. He was the Mayor of Kortrijk from 1987 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 2000.^[1] He went onto found the Bethune Foundation, a foundation used to preserve the library collections of the Bethune family.

Bethune died on 4 November 2011, aged 81.^[2] He is survived by his four children including his daughter, the current Belgian Senate President, Sabine de Bethune.

References

^ "Kortrijk betreurt het overlijden van haar ere-burgemeester". Kortrijk civic site. 2011. http://www.kortrijk.be/nieuws/kortrijk-betreurt-het-overlijden-van-haar-ere-burgemeester. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
^ Oud-burgemeester baron Emmanuel de Bethune overleden Knack.be (Belgian)

Persondata
Name	Bethune, Emmanuel Pierre Marie Ghislain de
Alternative names
Short description	Mayor of Kortrijk, Belgium
Date of birth	18 July 1930
Place of birth
Date of death	4 November 2011
Place of death