Andries Kinsbergen

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Andries Kinsbergen
Born	(1926-09-25) 25 September 1926 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Belgium
Occupation	politician

Andries Kinsbergen (born 25 September 1926 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. He was governor of the Belgian province Antwerp from 1 January 1967 until 1 October 1993.

Education

Andries Kinsbergen went to highschool at the Royal Athenaeum of Deurne. Since 2010 an auditorium at his old highschool is named after him.^[1]

In 1951, he graduated with a doctorate in Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

Career

He started his career as a lawyer in Antwerp and also worked as an assistant at the VUB. Later he became professor at the RUCA. Since 1993, he is Minister of State.

Preceded by Richard Declerck	Governor of Antwerp 1967 – 1993	Succeeded by Camille Paulus

Sources

Steve Heylen, Bart De Nil, Bart D’hondt, Sophie Gyselinck, Hanne Van Herck en Donald Weber, Geschiedenis van de provincie Antwerpen. Een politieke biografie, Antwerpen, Provinciebestuur Antwerpen, 2005, Vol. 2 p. 111

References

↑ "Atheneum van Deurne kreeg een opknapbeurt". atv. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2013.

Persondata
Name	Kinsbergen, Andries
Alternative names
Short description	Belgian politician
Date of birth	25 September 1926
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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