Joris Van Severen

Joris Van Severen
Joris Van Severen
Born
Georges Edmond Eduard Van Severen

(1894-07-19)19 July 1894
Died20 May 1940(1940-05-20) (aged 45)
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
NationalityBelgian
EducationLaw degree
Alma materUniversity of Ghent
OccupationPolitician
Political partyFrontpartij
Verdinaso

Joris Van Severen (19 July 1894 – 20 May 1940) was a Belgian politician and ideologue of the Flemish Movement as well as a Pan-Netherlander. A leading figure of pre-World War II Flemish nationalism, he co-founded the extreme-right group Verdinaso.

Van Severen delivering a speech

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