Emmanuel de Bethune, Belgian politician, Mayor of Kortrijk (1987–1989, 1995–2000), died after a long illness he was 82.

Baron Emmanuel Pierre Marie Ghislain de Bethune was a Belgian politician. He was the Mayor of Kortrijk from 1987 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 2000.^[1]

(18 July 1930 – 4 November 2011) 

 He went onto found the Bethune Foundation, a foundation used to preserve the library collections of the Bethune family.
Bethune died on 4 November 2011, aged 81.^[2] He is survived by his four children including his daughter, the current Belgian Senate President, Sabine de Bethune.

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