Fredegand Cogels

Baron Fredegandus (Fredegand) Patricius Jospehus Maria Cogels (Antwerp, 14 April 1850 – Antwerp, 17 February 1932) was a Belgian politician and a menber of the Meeting party. He was governor of the province of Antwerp from 16 December 1900 until 28 May 1907 and for a short while after World War I in 1918.

Political career

Fredegand Cogels was senator in the Belgian Senate from 1892 until 1900 and again from 1918 until 1920.

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* Steve Heylen, Bart De Nil, Bart D’hondt, Sophie Gyselinck, Hanne Van Herck en Donald Weber, "Geschiedenis van de provincie Antwerpen. Een politieke biografie", Antwerpen, Provinciebestuur Antwerpen, 2005, Vol. 2 p. 33