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category">Belgian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Politician</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Herman Vanderpoorten</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Dutch:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[ˈɦɛrmɑɱ<span class="wrap"> </span>vɑndərˈpoːrtə(n)]</a></span>; 25 August 1922 – 3 September 1984) was a Belgian liberal politician. He was a son of the politician <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Vanderpoorten" title="Arthur Vanderpoorten">Arthur Vanderpoorten</a>, the father of <a href="/wiki/Marleen_Vanderpoorten" title="Marleen Vanderpoorten">Marleen Vanderpoorten</a> and an uncle of <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Dewael" title="Patrick Dewael">Patrick Dewael</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herman_Vanderpoorten&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He obtained a law degree at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ghent" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Ghent">University of Ghent</a> and got acquainted with, among others, <a href="/wiki/Frans_Grootjans" title="Frans Grootjans">Frans Grootjans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karel_Poma" title="Karel Poma">Karel Poma</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herman_Vanderpoorten&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> he followed his father's footsteps, who had died in the <a href="/wiki/Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi">Nazi</a> concentration camp of <a href="/wiki/Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp" title="Bergen-Belsen concentration camp">Bergen-Belsen</a>. From 1949 up to 1958 he was province council member in Antwerp. In 1961, he became a member of parliament and in 1965, he changed to the senate where he remained until his death. Vanderpoorten led several ministries during his political career. For the <a href="/wiki/Party_for_Freedom_and_Progress" title="Party for Freedom and Progress">PVV-PLP</a>, he was minister of internal affairs in the government <a href="/wiki/Paul_Vanden_Boeynants" title="Paul Vanden Boeynants">Paul Vanden Boeynants</a>-<a href="/wiki/Willy_De_Clercq" title="Willy De Clercq">Willy De Clercq</a> (1966–1968), minister of justice in the government <a href="/wiki/Edmond_Leburton" title="Edmond Leburton">Edmond Leburton</a> (1973–1974), in the government <a href="/wiki/Leo_Tindemans" title="Leo Tindemans">Leo Tindemans</a>-II (1974–1977) and in the government <a href="/wiki/Wilfried_Martens" title="Wilfried Martens">Wilfried Martens</a>-III (1980) and in addition vice-prime minister and minister for institutional reforms in that same government. In 1979, he took part in the first direct European elections and was member of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> in <a href="/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Strasbourg</a> up to 1980. In 1983, he was appointed by the king as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a>. He was <a href="/wiki/Burgomaster" title="Burgomaster">burgomaster</a> of Lier (1982–1984). He was president of the <a href="/wiki/Liberaal_Vlaams_Verbond" title="Liberaal Vlaams Verbond">Liberaal Vlaams Verbond</a> (1957–1966, 1969–1973). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herman_Vanderpoorten&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>4 November 1971</b> : Commander in the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_(Belgium)" title="Order of Leopold (Belgium)">Order of Leopold</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>7 December 1978</b> : Knight Grand Cross in the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_II" title="Order of Leopold II">Order of Leopold II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>5 November 1981</b> : Knight Grand Cross in the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium)" title="Order of the Crown (Belgium)">Order of the Crown.</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herman_Vanderpoorten&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Nothomb</a> (1842–43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jules_d%27Anethan" title="Jules d'Anethan">d'Anethan</a> (1843–47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Philippe_de_Haussy" title="François-Philippe de Haussy">de Haussy</a> (1847–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Tesch" title="Victor Tesch">Tesch</a> (1850–52)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Faider" title="Charles Faider">Faider</a> (1852–55)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alphonse_Nothomb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alphonse Nothomb (page does not exist)">A. 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href="/w/index.php?title=Fulgence_Masson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fulgence Masson (page does not exist)">Masson</a> (1921–25)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=L%C3%A9on_Th%C3%A9odor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Léon Théodor (page does not exist)">Théodor</a> (1925)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Tschoffen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Tschoffen (page does not exist)">Tschoffen</a> (1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosper_Poullet" title="Prosper Poullet">Poullet</a> (1925–26)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hymans" title="Paul Hymans">Hymans</a> (1926–27)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul-%C3%89mile_Janson" title="Paul-Émile Janson">Janson</a> (1927–31)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernand_Cocq" title="Fernand Cocq">Cocq</a> (1931–32)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul-%C3%89mile_Janson" title="Paul-Émile Janson">Janson</a> (1932–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bovesse" title="François Bovesse">Bovesse</a> (1934–35)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Soudan" title="Eugène Soudan">Soudan</a> (1935–36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bovesse" title="François Bovesse">Bovesse</a> (1936–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Pierlot" title="Hubert Pierlot">Pierlot</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_de_Laveleye" title="Victor de Laveleye">de Laveleye</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Maistriau" title="Victor Maistriau">Maistriau</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_du_Bus_de_Warnaffe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles du Bus de Warnaffe (page does not exist)">du Bus de Warnaffe</a> (1937–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pholien" title="Joseph Pholien">Pholien</a> (1938–39)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emile_van_Dievoet" class="mw-redirect" title="Emile van Dievoet">Van Dievoet</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_de_Schryver" class="mw-redirect" title="August de Schryver">de Schryver</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Soudan" title="Eugène 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