Lode Craeybeckx [SEP] date of death
Lode Craeybeckx
Lode Craeybeckx (24 November 1897 – 25 July 1976) served as mayor of Antwerp, Belgium from 1947 until his death in 1976, becoming the longest-serving mayor of the city in its history.
Biography.
François Ferdinand Louis Craeybeckx, better known as Lode, was born in Antwerp in 1897. His father was a policeman from Limburg, while his mother came from Liège. He studied at the Athenaeum of Antwerp before going to the new University of Ghent in 1917. For collaborating with the
Craeybeckx in the city of Antwerp and in that capacity he was one of the most influential (politically) architects of post war Antwerp.
From December 1971 to March 1974, he was a member of the Cultural Council for the Dutch-speaking Cultural Community, predecessor of the Vlaams Parlement.
In 1976 after the death of Lode Craeybeckx, he became mayor, but didn't stand for re-election at the end of the year.
He was responsible for the destruction of nearly 5000 inhabitable houses (hovels)