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Jan 01, 0001 Ghent, Belgium Died on 01 Jan 1881 (aged 1880)
Belgian politician
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About Hippolyte Metdepenningen
- Hippolyte Désiré Metdepenningen (1799–1881) was a Belgian lawyer, president of the Ghent Bar Association and a politician. After Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 he became a municipal councilor on the Orangist list.
- In 1846 he was co-founder of the Liberal Party, which was the first political party of Belgium.
- In 1848 he retired from politics.
- For many years he was Worshipful Master of the Ghent lodge Le Septentrion.
- On 20 June 1886, a statue was inaugurated in front of the Court of Justice in Ghent by sculptor Julien Dillens.
