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.

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