Louis Van Geyt

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

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

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


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