Jan Béghin

Jan Béghin (7 September 1949 – 3 May 2022) was a Belgian politician for the Flemish Socialist Party (SP.A) and the Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) party.[1]

Jan Béghin
Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
In office
1989–2009
Member of the Flemish Parliament
In office
1997–1999
Personal details
Born7 September 1949
Ypres, Belgium
Died3 May 2022(2022-05-03) (aged 72)
Aalst, Belgium
Political partyCD&V (1971–2004)
SP.A (since 2004)
EducationKU Leuven

Biography

Béghin was the son of a Francophone father and a Dutch-speaking mother and spent his childhood in Ganshoren. He attended secondary school at the Heilig-Hartcollege before obtaining a master's degree in mathematics and in economic sciences from KU Leuven.[2]

In 1971, Béghin was elected to the municipal council of Ganshoren as a member of CD&V. He was schepen of public works and Dutch culture from 1977 to 2000. He left the municipal council in 2005. From 1972 to 1989, he was a member of the Dutch Commission for the Culture of the Brussels Agglomeration, of which he was vice-president from 1979 to 1988, and chairman from 1988 to 1989. From 1982 to 1988, he was also director of the Contact- en Cultuurcentrum Brussel.

On 12 July 1989, Béghin became a member of the newly formed Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region.[3] From 1989 to 2009, he was also a member of the Assembly of the Flemish Community Commission. Through his mandate in the Brussels-Capital Region Parliament, he also served in the Flemish Parliament from 1997 to 1999.[4]

In 2004, Béghin switched to the SP.A due to the coalition between CD&V and the New Flemish Alliance, the latter of which he vehemently opposed.[5] In 2009, he retired from the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region.[6]

Jan Béghin died in Aalst on 3 May 2022, at the age of 72.[7]

References
  1. "De heer Jan BEGHIN" (PDF). Begrafenissen Goossens (in Dutch).
  2. "Jan Béghin [red.] · bio-bibliografie". EPO (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
  3. "De heer Jan BEGHIN". Parlement Bruxellois (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 18 November 2008.
  4. "Jan Béghin". Flemish Parliament (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 7 April 2015.
  5. "Réseau Européen Transrégional pour l'Inclusion Sociale" (PDF). Ministry of Justice (in French).
  6. "Jan Beghin". Cumuleo (in French).
  7. "Oud-parlementslid en armoede-expert Jan Beghin overleden". Bruzz (in Dutch). Ganshoren. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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