Émile Braun
Politician
1849 – 1927
Photo Credit »
85 Views
Who was Émile Braun?
Émile, Baron Braun was an engineer, Belgian liberal politician and manager of companies in the textile industry.
He was provincial Council member for Oost-Vlaanderen, burgomaster of Ghent and a member of parliament for the liberal party. While he was burgomaster, the World Fair of Ghent took place in 1913-1914. Emile Braun was raised to nobility in 1922. The people from Ghent gave him the nickname Miele Zoetekoeke i.e. Emile sweet-cake.
⁕The original Emile Braun Monument
⁕Location of the Emile Braun memorial plaque in central Ghent in 2013.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Dec 2, 1849
Nivelles - Profession
- Died
- Aug 30, 1927
Vichy
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Émile Braun." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 24 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/emile_braun>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Émile Braun biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In