Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt is a Belgian liberal politician and an advocate of a Federal Europe. He is a former prime minister of Belgium. He has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium since 2009.
The Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats is a Flemish conservative liberal political party in Belgium. A smaller fraction within the party has social liberal views.
The Party for Freedom and Progress was a liberal political party in Belgium which existed from 1961 until 1992. The party was the successor of the Liberal Party, which had roots dating back to 1846. It was succeeded in the Flemish Community of Belgium by the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) and in the French Community by the Liberal Reformist Party, Parti des Réformes et des Libertés de Wallonie and the current-day Reformist Movement. In the German-speaking Community, it still exists as the Party for Freedom and Progress.
Hugo F.V. Coveliers is a retired Belgian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives between 1985 and 1995, and from 1993 to 2003. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Belgian Senate. He was a parliamentary chairman for the VLD in both chambers, from 1999 to 2003.
Willy Clarisse Elvire Hector, Viscount De Clercq was a Belgian liberal politician.
Liberales is an independent liberal think tank, located in Ghent, Flanders, Belgium. The organization promotes progressive liberalism and supports individual freedom, justice, a certain degree of self-government and human rights. It also supports responsibility, civil liberties, and solidarity. Liberales opposes conservatism, fascism, communism, libertarianism, and religious intolerance.
Jacques Marie Joseph Hubert Ghislain van Ypersele de Strihou, was the Principal Private Secretary to the King of the Belgians (1983–2013). When Albert II of Belgium succeeded his brother Baudouin I of Belgium, he kept his private secretary, so Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou has served two kings. Together with Jan Willems, Marshal of the Royal Household, he represents the King at the board of the King Baudouin Foundation.
Jacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap, was a Belgian writer.
Baron Édouard-Émile-Albert de Laveleye was a Belgian mining engineer, financier and writer. He was son of Émile de Laveleye (1822–1892), a famed economist.
Dominique Benoit Marie Hubert, Baron Struye de Swielande was a Belgian diplomat, who, at his last post, was Ambassador of Belgium to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Terlinden family is a Belgian noble family of German origin, with a noble offspring in Belgium. Its titles are Viscount and Baron.
De Clercq or de Clercq is a surname of Dutch origin. People with the name include:
The Frontpartij was a Belgian political party that campaigned for increasing recognition for the Flemish people and their language. Originating from the earlier Frontbeweging, the Frontpartij was an early attempt to fully politicise the Flemish Movement. In contrast to some of its successor movements the party supported democracy and autonomy rather than authoritarianism and independence.
Beyens is a Belgian family of lawyers and diplomats, originating from Nazareth near Deinze and admitted into the Belgian nobility in 1851.
The Belgian provincial, municipal and district elections of 2018 took place on Sunday 14 October 2018. They are organised by the respective regions:
Edouard, Baron d'Huart was a Belgian politician from Luxembourg.
Charles Joseph Marie d'Hane Steenhuyse was a Belgian politician. He was a landowner and rentier, liberal Schepen in Ghent and a Catholic MP.
Jonkvrouw Marie-Pierre Brigitte Olivier Corneille Verhaegen, countess Bernard d'Udekem d'Acoz, born 20 April 1966 is a Belgian historian.
Josse-Émile van Dievoet was a Flemish politician and lawyer. He served as Belgian Minister of Justice.
The Coart family is a Belgian noble family from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège whose proven ancestry dates to 1661.
