Karel Poma

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Karel Emiel Hubert, Baron Poma (14 March 1920 – 27 December 2014) was a

He was a son of Carolus Poma, who was a lieutenant of the Antwerp fire brigade, and subsequently council member (1946–1958) and mayor (1953–1958) of the town Wilrijk. He was married to Juliana Walgraeve, and together they had two children; a son Peter (b. 1950) and a daughter Kathleen (b. 1954).

Education

Poma went to high school at the Royal Athenaeum of Antwerp, where he graduated in Latin-Sciences (1938). In 1943, he obtained a Licentiate in Sciences at the

Poma started his professional career in 1945 at the Antwerp Water Works (AWW) and became head of the laboratory of the AWW. He left the AWW in 1971, to be able to dedicate himself entirely to his political mandate. He was part-time docent environmental hygiene, for engineers and graduates of health care (physicians and nursing staff) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1979–1990).

Political career

From 1965 to 1985, Poma was a member of the

• From 1974 to 1977 he was a secretary of state for the environment in the first government led by Leo Tindemans.
• From 1981 to 1985 Poma was a member of the Flemish Executive as its vice-chairman and minister for culture, media, sport, youth and research and development.

From 1976 to 1982, he was a member of the village council of Wilrijk; and 1982 to 1988, a member of the city council of Antwerp (Wilrijk became a part of Antwerp in 1982). In 1968 and from 1973 to 1974, he was president of the Liberaal Vlaams Verbond (LVV).

Honours

• Knighted by King Albert II
• 8 July 2005 : created baron by royal decree.
• Belgium: 7 December 2009 : minister of state^[2]
• Belgium: Grand cross in the Order of Leopold II^[2]
• Belgium: Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold^[2]
• Greece: Grand Officer in the Order of the Phoenix^[2]

Bibliography

• Wat men moet weten over het Belgisch liberalisme (1954), together with Frans Janssens
• Knoeien met ons Leefmilieu (1973)
• Energie en Democratie (1976)
• Actie Vrijmetselaren, een politieke benadering van de moderne vrijmetselarij (1996)
• Een visie op de Grote Architect van het Heelal (1999)
• De Verlichting. Pijler van onze beschaving (2009)

References

Sources

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