Andries Kinsbergen
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Andries Kinsbergen (25 September 1926 – 24 June 2016) was a Belgian lawyer and politician.
Education
Andries Kinsbergen went to highschool at the Royal Athenaeum of Deurne. An auditorium at his old highschool was named after him in 2010.
In 1951, he graduated with a doctorate in Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
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. From 1993, he was Minister of State. Kinsbergen died 24 June 2016.
Honours
- Minister of State, by Royal Decree
- 21 December 1995: Knight Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold
- 13 January 1992 : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown.
- 15 November 1971: Knight Commander in the Order of Leopold II
- 22 June 2000: Commander of the Legion of Honour
- 4 January 1977: Knight Grand Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau
Sources
- Steve Heylen, Bart De Nil, Bart D’hondt, Sophie Gyselinck, Hanne Van Herck en Donald Weber, Geschiedenis van de provincie Antwerpen. Een politieke biografie, Antwerpen, Provinciebestuur Antwerpen, 2005, Vol. 2 p. 111
| Preceded byRichard Declerck | Governor of Antwerp 1967 – 1993 | Succeeded byCamille Paulus |