Louis Van Geyt

Louis Van Geyt
Born(1927-09-24)24 September 1927
Antwerp, Belgium
Died15 April 2016(2016-04-15) (aged 88)
NationalityBelgian
OccupationPolitician

Louis Van Geyt (24 September 1927 – 15 April 2016) was a Belgian politician.[1]

Van Geyt was the last chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, from 1972 to 1989. He was also the last MP of the party representing Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, from 1971 till the 1981 elections,[2] and the last communist municipal councillor in the Brussels region (in the municipality of Brussels), till the 1982 elections.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Décès de l'ancien député et président du parti communiste Louis Van Geyt" (in French). La Libre Belgique. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. ^ Official results of the 1978 and 1981 parliamentary elections in the Brussels-Hal-Vilvorde arrondissement; Didier Bajura and Daniel Fedrigo, the two last PCB MP's, during the 1981–1985 legislature, were elected in Wallonia

Sources[edit]

  • A. Meynen, Van Praag 1948 tot Vilvoorde 1954: politiek-biografische gesprekken met Louis Van Geyt, Brussels, IMAVO-DACOB, 2001