{"id":"leon-bekaert","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/leon-bekaert","language":"en","name":"Léon Bekaert","name_en":"Léon Bekaert","name_ne":null,"description":"Industrialist, politician (1891-1961)","headline":"Industrialist, politician (1891-1961)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Léon Antoine Bekaert was a Belgian industrialist and politician. He was the son of Leo Leander Bekaert, who founded the family business in 1880.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"9 December 1891","date":"1891-12-09"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Zwevegem","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244513"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"19 December 1961","date":"1961-12-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Zwevegem","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244513"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Belgium","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Christian Social Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3366715"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (1958–1961)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1958","end":"1961"},{"text":"Mayor of Zwevegem (1927–1961)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115179029","start":"1927","end":"1961"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"honorary doctorate at the Laval University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51527076","date":"1957"},{"text":"Commander of the Order of the Crown","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17200714"},{"text":"Knight of the Order of Leopold II","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16787455"},{"text":"Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13501094"},{"text":"Knight Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16750840"},{"text":"Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (Belgium)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62083437"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Bekaert","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Léon Bekaert born?","a":"Léon Bekaert was born on 9 December 1891 in Zwevegem."},{"q":"What positions has Léon Bekaert held?","a":"Positions held by Léon Bekaert include: president (1958–1961); Mayor of Zwevegem (1927–1961)."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/leon-bekaert-edf09fd052.jpg","width":500,"height":506,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Nico F. Declercq","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leon_Antoine_Bekaert_-1933_Deerlijk_Photo_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Léon Bekaert","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Bekaert","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6711040","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711040","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Leon Antoine Bekaert -1933 Deerlijk Photo (cropped).jpg by Nico F. Declercq (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leon_Antoine_Bekaert_-1933_Deerlijk_Photo_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Léon Bekaert, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Leon Antoine Bekaert -1933 Deerlijk Photo (cropped).jpg — Nico F. Declercq, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Léon Bekaert\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/leon-bekaert. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T07:06:57Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/leon-bekaert","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/leon-bekaert","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/leon-bekaert?lang=ne"}}