Fernand Charles Gustave Demets (Sint-Gillis, 8 March 1884 - Brussels

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, 29 September 1952) was a Belgian

Belgium

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 liberal politician, burgomaster

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 and minister. Demets was industrialist and became municipality Council member (1911–1929) and burgomaster (1919–1927) in Anderlecht

Anderlecht

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 and liberal senator (1929–1945) in the district Brussels. Demets was co-president of the Liberal Party

Liberal Party (Belgium)

The Liberal Party was a Belgian political party that existed from 1846 until 1961, when it became the Party for Freedom and Progress, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang/Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès or PVV-PLP, under the leadership of Omer Vanaudenhove.-History:The Liberal Party was founded...

 (1940–1945). He was minister of defense in 1944-1945 and became afterwards governor of the province of Brabant (1945–1951).

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• Presidents of the Belgian liberal party