Frans Van Cauwelaert
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Frans Van Cauwelaert 🇧🇪

Frans Van Cauwelaert (Known as "Frans Van Cauwelaert")
Leader of Christian Democratic Flemish Movement, President of Chamber of Representatives
Born Jan 10, 1880 🇧🇪 Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Lombeek (Brabant), Belgium
Passed Away May 17, 1961 Antwerp, Belgium
Lifespan 81 years old
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"Flemish in heart and speech, loyal to the Belgian fatherland in liberty and law."

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Eminent statesman and intellectual leader of the moderate Flemish Catholic Movement who served 15 years as Burgomaster of Antwerp and presided over the Chamber of Representatives for fifteen crucial postwar years.

Biographical Record

Earning doctorates in law and philosophy at Leuven and Munich, Van Cauwelaert co-founded the influential newspaper De Standaard in 1914. He championed 'Passivism' during World War I, rejecting collaboration with German occupiers and advocating legal equality for Dutch language within Belgium.

As Burgomaster of Antwerp (1921–1932), he expanded the world-class harbor and modern municipal housing. As President of the Chamber of Representatives (1939–1954), he staunchly defended Belgian constitutional parliamentary democracy through World War II and the Royal Question.

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Schoonselhof Cemetery
Hoboken (Antwerp), Belgium
GPS: 51.1694, 4.3861
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