Ward Beysen
Ward Beysen | |
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Ward Beysen | |
| Born | Eduard Marie August Beysen 26 June 1941 Mortsel, Belgium |
| Died | 14 January 2005 (aged 63) Wilrijk, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation(s) | politician, freemason |
Eduard Marie August "Ward" Beysen (ⓘ; 26 June 1941 – 14 January 2005) was a Belgian politician and well-known freemason. He held a degree in Dutch and history teaching, obtained in 1963, in Lier and started his political career in the seventies in the Flemish liberal party, the Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV), which was renamed Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) in 1992. Ward Beysen – suffering a depression – died by drowning himself in the lake of Fort 6 in the south of Antwerp.