Jef Van Bilsen

Anton Arnold Jozef "Jef" Van Bilsen (13 June 1913, in Diest – 22 July 1996, in Kraainem), usually cited as A. A. J. Van Bilsen in his academic publications, was a Belgian professor who, in December 1955, proposed a 30-year scheme (known as the "Van Bilsen Plan") for creating a self-sufficient independent state out of the Belgian Congo.

Before World War II, Van Bilsen was an active member of the extreme-right Verdinaso party and, in 1942, became a member of the Belgian Resistance. After the war, he travelled in colonial Africa.

Van Bilsen is best known for devising a plan for the long-term independence of the Belgian Congo in the 1950s. The timetable, outlined in December 1955 and in a pamphlet entitled Un Plan de Trente Ans pour l'émancipation politique de l'Afrique Belge (1955–56), called for a gradual change over 30 years, the time he estimated it would take to create an educated

Van Bilsen taught at the Catholic University of Leuven and Ghent University.

Bibliography

• Vers l'indépendance du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi (1958)
• Kongo 1945–1965: Het Einde van een Kolonie (1993)

Bibliography

• Reyntjens, F. (2015). "Van Bilsen (Anton Arnold Jozef)". Biographie Belge d'Outre-mer. Vol. ix. Brussels. Retrieved 13 May 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Lieven Saerens. Inventaris van het Archief Anton A. Jozef (Jef) Van Bilsen (1913–1996). KADOC Reeks Inventarissen en Repertoria nr. 59, Leuven, 2002.[1]
• Beke, Dirk (2000). "Jef Van Bilsen, de onafhankelijkheid van Congo en de Visie op Lumumba". Afrika Focus. 16 (1–2).
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• Lein, Brecht (2012). "Jef Van Bilsen en het einde van het Verdinaso". WT: Tijdschrift over de geschiedenis van de Vlaamse beweging. 71 (1): 34–56.
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• Lein, Brecht (2012). "Jef Van Bilsen tussen Hendrik De Man en Tony Herbert. De politieke zoektocht van een ex-Dinaso". WT: Tijdschrift over de geschiedenis van de Vlaamse beweging. 71 (2): 105–140.
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• Archives of Jef Van Bilsen in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• A.A. Jozef Van Bilsen, Royal Museum for Central Africa

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