Edward Anseele

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Edward Anseele
Statue of Edward Anseele on the Frankrijkplein in Ghent
Born	(1856-07-26)26 July 1856 Ghent, Belgium
Died	18 February 1938(1938-02-18) (aged 81) Ghent, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation	politician

Edward Anseele (born in the Penitentenstraat 6-12 in the centre of Ghent, 26 July 1856; died in Ghent, 18 February^[1] 1938) was a Belgian socialist politician. Although his parents rather belonged to the lower middle class (his father was a shoemaker), Edward Anseele became active the early socialist movement. Anseele attended the Royal Athenaeum in Ghent until the age of 17.

Career

The socialist congress of 1877 in Ghent was the start of his socialist commitment. He became employed as a journalist of the magazine De Volkswil, later transformed into the socialist daily Vooruit (English: "Ahead"). He organized a cooperative bakery Vooruit which was founded in 1880. This was the start of a complete range of ventures which in the long term would create an industrial empire. This way, Anseele tried to create a counterweight to the capitalist ventures, and was able to provide support to workers' actions. During the economic crisis of the thirties this empire would be largely lost.

Anseele was for a long time municipality Council member and alderman in Ghent, temporary burgomaster and a Member of Parliament. He was one of the founders of the socialist Belgische Werkliedenpartij. During World War I the Germans offered him the title of President of Belgium, which he declined. After the war, he was rewarded for this stance with several ministerial functions: from 1918 until 1921, he was the minister for Public Works and from 1925 until 1927 minister of Railroads and PTT (Mail Telegraph and Telephone). In 1930, he got the honorary title of Minister of State.

Bibliography

Voor 't volk geofferd (1881)
De omwenteling van 1830 (1882)
De algemeene werkstaking (1888)
De ware vijand van werkman en kleinen burger (1890)
De samenwerking en het socialisme (1902)
Vooruit en de Vlaamsche Beweging (1913)

References

↑ "Edouard Anseele (1856 - 1938) - Find A Grave Photos". Findagrave.com. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-04.

Sources

Edward Anseele
Paul Kenis, Het leven van Edward Anseele, Publ. De Vlam

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Persondata
Name	Anseele, Edward
Alternative names
Short description	Belgian politician
Date of birth	26 July 1856
Place of birth	Ghent, Belgium
Date of death	8 February 1938
Place of death	Ghent, Belgium

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