Andries Kinsbergen


Andries Kinsbergen was a Belgian lawyer and politician.

Education

Andries Kinsbergen went to highschool at the Royal Athenaeum of Deurne. Since 2010 an auditorium at his old highschool is named after him.
In 1951, he graduated with a doctorate in Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Career

He started his career as a lawyer in Antwerp and also worked as an assistant at the VUB. Later he became professor at the RUCA. He was governor of the Belgian province Antwerp from 1 January 1967 until 1 October 1993. Since 1993, he was Minister of State. Kinsbergen died 24 June 2016.

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