Arthur Pieter Frans Vanderpoorten (Puurs, 17 February 1884 – Bergen-Belsen, 3 April 1945) was a Belgian liberal politician and minister. Puurs ( Google Satellite Image is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Belsen redirects here For other meanings see Belsen (disambiguation. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Vanderpoorten was the father of the later minister Herman Vanderpoorten and the grandfather of the later ministers Patrick Dewael and Marleen Vanderpoorten. Herman Vanderpoorten ( Lier 25 August 1922 &ndash 3 September 1984) was a Belgian liberal politician Patrick Yvonne Hugo Dewael, (born 13 October 1955) in Lier Belgium is a liberal Belgian politician Marleen Caroline Valère Vanderpoorten (born July 21, 1954 in Lier) is a Flemish politician and member of the VLD.
Career
Vanderpoorten was executive-director of a company. He became president of the Liberaal Vlaams Verbond (E: Liberal Flemish League) and was liberal senator (1936-1944). The Liberaal Vlaams Verbond (E Liberal Flemish League was founded in 1913 Vanderpoorten was minister of public work and reduction of unemployment (1939) and of internal affairs (1940). At the invasion of the German troops in 1940, Vanderpoorten followed the government in exile to France, but did not went along to London. Because the German troops in November 1942 occupied the until then unoccupied Vichy France, the freedom of Vanderpoorten became strongly restricted. Vichy France, or the Vichy regime are the common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944 He was apprehended in January 1943, on suspicion of assistance to an escape line for refugees to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He was deported to Germany and died less than two weeks before the British troops liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Belsen redirects here For other meanings see Belsen (disambiguation.
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