Andries Kinsbergen is a Belgian

Belgium

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 lawyer and liberal politician

Politician

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. He was governor

Governor

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 of the Belgian province

Province

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 Antwerp

Antwerp (province)

Antwerp is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and East Flanders. Its capital is Antwerp which comprises the Port of Antwerp...

 from 1 January 1967 until 1 October 1993.

Education

Andries Kinsbergen went to highschool at the Royal Athenaeum of Deurne

Deurne

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. In 1951, he graduated with a doctorate in Law

Law

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 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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 (VUB).

Career

He started his career as a lawyer in Antwerp and also worked as an assistant at the VUB. Later he became professor at the RUCA

University of Antwerp

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. Since 1993, he is Minister of State

Minister of State

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Source

• 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. 111