Omer Vanaudenhove

Omer Vanaudenhove
Omer Vanaudenhove
Born	Omer Rudolphe Jean 3 December 1913(1913-12-03) Diest, Belgium
Died	26 November 1994(1994-11-26) (aged 80) Leuven, Belgium
Nationality	Belgium
Occupation	politician

Omer Rudolphe Jean, Viscount Vanaudenhove (Diest, Flemish Brabant, 3 December 1913 - Leuven, 26 November 1994) was a Belgian liberal politician, burgomaster and minister. A businessman, Vanaudenhove was an owner of a shoe factory. He was burgomaster of Diest (1947–1955 and 1974–1976), liberal senator (1954–1974), president of the Liberal Party (1961) and president and founder of the PVV-PLP (1961–1969).

In the new party programme of the PVV-PLP, the traditional anticlericalism of the liberal party was abjured. This new organization achieved success at the parliamentary elections of 1965 and gained 48 seats (compared to the 20 gained in 1961). Vanaudenhove was a proponent of a unitary Belgium and a unitarian PVV-PLP, but the tendency towards a federal state became unstoppable by the end of the sixties. Vanaudenhove was minister of public work and rebuilding between 1955–1958 and 1958-1961.

See also

• Liberalism in Belgium

Source

• 60 jaar bevrijding van de kampen: een selectie uit de archieven van liberale voormannen (Dutch)
• Omer Vanaudenhove

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Name	Vanaudenhove, Omer
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Date of birth	3 December 1913
Place of birth	Diest, Belgium
Date of death	26 November 1994
Place of death	Leuven, Belgium