Ward Beysen

Ward Beysen

Eduard Marie August "Ward" Beysen listen (Mortsel, 26 June 1941 – Wilrijk, 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.

Read more about Ward Beysen:  Political Career, Dissatisfaction, Liberal Appeal

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