Lucien Georges François Philippe Cooremans (Sint-Gillis, 1 September 1899 - Brussels

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, 22 February 1985) was a Belgian

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 liberal politician and burgomaster

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 of Brussels.

Lucien Cooremans was a lawyer

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, journalist

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 and professor at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles

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. As a politician he was a member of parliament, alderman

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 and burgomaster

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 of Brussels from 1956 until 1975. He was the leading figure of the Brussels world fair Expo '58

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 in 1958.

Source

• Van Molle, P., Het Belgisch parlement 1894-1969, Gent, Erasmus, 1969, p. 48.
• Le Livre Bleu. Recueil biographique, Brussel, Maison Ferd. Larcier, 1950, p. 93.
• Brussels (Municipality, Region of Brussels-Capital, Belgium)
• Lettre de Lucien Cooremans au baron Snoy et d'Oppuers (9 novembre 1957)