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Josse Joseph de Lehaye

Belgian politician (1800-1888)

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Josse Judocus Joseph de Lehaye-Dael (28 May 1800 – 22 September 1888) was a Belgian magistrate and liberal politician.

As a politician, he was a member of the National Congress, burgomaster of Merendree, member of the municipal council and mayor of Ghent (1854–1857), member of the provincial council of the province of East Flanders and a member of parliament. He was President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 25 April 1855 until 13 June 1857.

See also

Liberal Party

Liberalism in Belgium

Sources

Josse Joseph de Lehaye Archived 27 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine

Balthazar, H., in : Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek, Brussel, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academiën van België, 1964–, II, 1966, kol. 165–168.

Lebrocquy, G., Types et Profils parlementaires, Paris, Lachaud & Burdin, 1873, pp. 502–506.

De Paepe, Jean-Luc, Raindorf-Gérard, Christiane (ed.), Le Parlement Belge 1831–1894. Données Biographiques, Brussel, Académie Royale de Belgique, 1996, p. 159.

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