De Pinte is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. Before its existence as an independent municipality in 1868, De Pinte was a part of Nazareth. The municipality comprises the towns of De Pinte proper and Zevergem. In 2021, De Pinte had a total population of 10,990. The total area is 17.78 km².
People's Union was a Flemish nationalist political party in Belgium, formed in 1954 as a successor to the Christian Flemish People's Union.
Willy Naessens is a well known industrialist in Belgium. Naessens grew up in a modest family.
Alfons "Fons" Borginon is a Belgian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives between 1995 and 2007. Borginon was the last chairman of the Volksunie and Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) floor leader from 2006 until the general election of 2007. He was also granted knighthood in the Belgian Order of Leopold. He is married to Kristin Ex and father of Hendrik, Irene and Margreet.
Geert Albert Bourgeois is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), which he founded in 2001, who is currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. He previously served as the Minister-President of Flanders from 2014 to 2019. Prior to this, he was a member of the federal Chamber of Representatives for the People's Union from 1995 to 2001, and then for the N-VA from 2001 to 2004. He has been involved in local and regional politics in Flanders since 1976.
Magdalena Godelieve HildaAelvoet is a Belgian politician in Flanders. She was a provincial senator for Antwerp between 1985 and 1991 and a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the district of Leuven between 1991 and 1994, when she also served in the Flemish Council. She was a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999, where she was the chair of the Greens. Aelvoet was appointed deputy prime minister and the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Public Health and the Environment in the Verhofstadt I government between 1999 and 2002 and then became a Minister of State in 1995.
Julien Gorius is a former French professional footballer who used to be sporting director for RWDM47 in the Belgian First Division B.
Bob Peeters is a Belgian football manager and former player currently manager of Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport.
Faris Haroun is a Belgian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Royal Antwerp in the Belgian First Division A. He has also played for the Belgian national football team.
Réginal Goreux is a former Haitian professional footballer who is currently a youth team coach for Standard Liège. He played as a defender or midfielder. He also holds Belgian nationality.
Christian Brüls is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Zulte Waregem in the Belgian Pro League.
Teddy Étienne Chevalier is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian National Division 1 club Francs Borains.
Denis Frimpong Odoi is a professional footballer who plays for Belgian First Division A side Club Brugge. A right-footed full-back who can play on both sides, he is nicknamed the Professor because of his maturity and discipline on the field of play. Born in Belgium, and a one-time representative of the Belgium national team, he represents the Ghana national team.
Simon Pierre Gougnard is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Dragons and the Belgium national team.
Petrus Oellibrandt was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the Belgian national road race title in 1959.
Elliott Jordan Moore is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Oxford United.
The 2019–20 season was Oud-Heverlee Leuven's 18th competitive season in professional football and the team's fourth consecutive season at the second level following their relegation from the Belgian Pro League in 2016. By clinching the first half of the season title in November 2019, Oud-Heverlee Leuven qualified for the promotion play-offs to play for the overall title and promotion, in which they faced Beerschot, who won the second half of the season.
Shortly after protests seeking justice for George Floyd, an African-American who was murdered during a police arrest, began in the United States, some people in Belgium protested to show solidarity with Americans protestors and to demonstrate against issues with police or racism. Vigils and protests of up to thousands of participants took place nationwide.
Maï Traoré is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian First Division A club OH Leuven, on loan from Viking.
The 2022–23 season will be the 21st season in the existence of Oud-Heverlee Leuven and its third consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Oud-Heverlee Leuven will participate in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.
This page is based on this
Wikipedia article Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
