Charles de Brouckère
Charles de Brouckère | |
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| Mayor of Brussels | |
| In office 1848–1860 | |
| Preceded by | François-Jean Wyns de Raucour |
| Succeeded by | André-Napoléon Fontainas |
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| Born | Charles Joseph Marie Ghislain de Brouckère 18 January 1796 nobleman |
nobleman
and liberal politician.
Born in
Second Chamber
of parliament.
During the
Université Libre de Bruxelles, and in 1848 became mayor of the City of Brussels, a post he held continuously until his death. He is interred at Brussels Cemetery
.
De Brouckère was responsible for major urban renewal in Brussels, including the creation of water mains, as well as the first boulevards in the city. Today, the
De Brouckère station
, in central Brussels, are named after him.
Honours
Belgium: Iron Cross.- Belgium: Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold
See also
- List of mayors of the City of Brussels
- List of defence ministers of Belgium
Sources
- Du Bois, A., Les Bourgmestres de Bruxelles. Ch. de Brouckère, in : Revue de Belgique, mei 1896, pp. 21–41.
- Juste, Théodore, Charles de Brouckère, Brussel, C. Muquardt, 1867, p. 131.
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