Edward Anseele (born in the Penitentenstraat 6-12 in the centre of Ghent, 26 July 1856 - Ghent, 8 February 1938) was a Belgian socialist politician. Ghent (ˈɡɛnt Gent ʝɛnt in Dutch, Gand in French, and formerly Gaunt in English) is a City and a Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ghent (ˈɡɛnt Gent ʝɛnt in Dutch, Gand in French, and formerly Gaunt in English) is a City and a Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian 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 Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Although his parents rather belonged to the lower middle class (his father was a shoemaker), Edward Anseele became active the early socialist movement. Anseele attended the Royal Athenaeum in Ghent until the age of 17.
Career
The socialist congress of 1877 in Ghent was the start of his socialist commitment. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He became employed as a journalist of the magazine De Volkswil, later transformed into the socialist daily Vooruit (English: "Ahead"). He organized a cooperative bakery Vooruit which was founded in 1880. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year This was the start of a complete range of ventures which in the long term would create an industrial empire. This way, Anseele tried to create a counterweight to the capitalist ventures, and was able to provide support to workers' actions. Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where During the economic crisis of the thirties this empire would be largely lost.
Anseele was for a long time municipality Council member and alderman in Ghent, temporary burgomaster and a Member of Parliament. An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions He was one of the founders of the socialist Belgische Werkliedenpartij. The Belgian Labour Party, called Belgische Werkliedenpartij (BWP in Dutch (English translation Belgian Workers' Party and Parti Ouvrier Belge (POB in During World War I the Germans offered him the title of President of Belgium, which he declined. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All After the war, he was rewarded for this stance with several ministerial functions: from 1918 until 1921, he was the minister for Public Works and from 1925 until 1927 minister of Railroads and PTT (Mail Telegraph and Telephone). In 1930, he got the honorary title of Minister of State. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Bibliography
- Voor 't volk geofferd (1881)
- De omwenteling van 1830 (1882)
- De algemeene werkstaking (1888)
- De ware vijand van werkman en kleinen burger (1890)
- De samenwerking en het socialisme (1902)
- Vooruit en de Vlaamsche Beweging (1913)
Source
- Edward Anseele
- Paul Kenis, Het leven van Edward Anseele, Publ. De Vlam
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