Josse Judocus Joseph de Lehaye-Dael (Ghent

Ghent

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, 28 May 1800-Outrijve

Avelgem

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, 22 September 1888) was a Belgian

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 magistrate

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 and liberal

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 politician.

As a politician, he was a member of the National Congress

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, burgomaster

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 of Merendree

Nevel

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, member of the municipal council

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 and mayor

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 of Ghent

Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

 (1854–1857), member of the provincial council of the province

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 of East Flanders

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 and a member of parliament. He was President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 25 April 1855 until 13 June 1857.

Source

• Josse Joseph de Lehaye
• Balthazar, H., in : Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek, Brussel, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academiën van België, 1964-, II, 1966, kol. 165-168.
• Lebrocquy, G., Types et Profils parlementaires, Paris, Lachaud & Burdin, 1873, p. 502-506.
• De Paepe, Jean-Luc, Raindorf-Gérard, Christiane (ed.), Le Parlement Belge 1831-1894. Données Biographiques, Brussel, Académie Royale de Belgique, 1996, p. 159.