Saint-Josse-ten-Noode or Sint-Joost-ten-Node,often simply called Saint-Josse in French or Sint-Joost in Dutch,is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region,Belgium. Located in the north-eastern part of the region,it is bordered by the City of Brussels and Schaerbeek.
Jean-Baptiste Madou was a Belgian painter and lithographer.
Paul Magnette is a Belgian politician. Since 2019,he is the leader of the Socialist Party,a social democratic French-speaking party in Belgium. Since 2012,he is also mayor of Charleroi. Magnette is a former political science professor at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) and Director of the Institute of European Studies of the ULB. He was appointed minister in the Belgian federal government from 2007 to 2013 and was Minister-President of Wallonia from 2014 to 2017. He also was a member of the Senate of Belgium,of the Parliament of Wallonia and of the Parliament of the French Community.
The Résidence de la Cambre is the first high-rise building constructed in Brussels,Belgium. It was built in 1938–39,according to the plans of the architect Marcel Peeters,in a style inspired by New York Art Deco architecture. The 17-story residential tower was listed as a protected monument on 14 July 2005.
The Astro Tower is a skyscraper in Brussels,Belgium. It is located on the north-eastern corner of the Small Ring in the municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode,just north of the Madou Plaza Tower. The Astro Tower is 107 metres (351 ft) tall,making it one of the tallest buildings in Belgium.
The Rue Royale or Koningsstraat is a street in Brussels,Belgium,running through the municipalities of Schaerbeek,Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and the City of Brussels. It is limited to the south by the Place Royale/Koningsplein in the city centre and to the north by the Place de la Reine/Koninginplein in Schaerbeek.
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Cemetery is a cemetery belonging to Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in Brussels,Belgium,where the municipality's inhabitants have the right to be buried. It is not located in Saint-Josse itself,but in the neighbouring municipality of Schaerbeek.
Federal elections were held in Belgium on 25 May 2014. All 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives were elected,whereas the Senate was no longer directly elected following the 2011–2012 state reform. These were the first elections held under King Philippe's reign.
Dorah Ilunga is a Belgian politician of Congolese origin. She is the first black female échevin in Belgium. As government official,Dorah was in charge of employment,education,trade,social cohesion and developmental cooperation.
Anne-Sylvie Mouzon was a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party (PS). Born in Kisangani in the Belgian Congo,she received a law degree from the Universitélibre de Bruxelles and worked as a lawyer for various cabinet-members. Since 1982,she resided in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and,in 1989,became a member of the Brussels Regional Parliament after Charles Picquébecame Minister-President when the region's government was established. She was head of the PS for the French Community Commission of Brussels since 2004. She died from cancer on 10 September 2013 at the age of 57. She is survived by a husband and two children.
The Belgian provincial,municipal and district elections of 2018 took place on Sunday 14 October 2018. They are organised by the respective regions:
Lucien Pierre Auguste Constant Solvay was a Belgian journalist,art historian and poet. He was the first editor-in-chief of Le Soir.
Guillaume Charlier (1854–1925) was a Belgian sculptor,most of whose works are now kept in the Charlier Museum in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
Zakia Khattabi is a Belgian-Moroccan politician who was the co-president of the Ecolo party.
The Place Charles Rogier or Karel Rogierplein (Dutch),usually shortened to the Place Rogier,or Rogier by locals,is a major square in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode,Belgium. It is named in honour of Charles Rogier,a former Prime Minister of Belgium who played a great political role during the Belgian Revolution of 1830.
Georges-Louis Bouchez (GLB) is a Belgian politician and lawyer. Since 2019 he has served as a Senator and leader of Reformist Movement. He is also the owner and chairman of Challenger Pro League football club Royal Francs Borains.
Jean Demannez was a Belgian politician. He served as mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in the Brussels-Capital Region from 1999 to 2012.
Guy Cudell was a Belgian politician of the Belgian Socialist Party and the French-speaking Socialist Party (PS). He was first voted onto the council in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in the Brussels Capital Region in 1946 and was mayor from 1953 until his death.
