Grégoire Maertens


Grégoire Maertens is a West-Flemish Esperantist who was a member of the Estraro for the UEA from 1977 until 1992. From 1980 until 1986 he was president of the UEA, and an honorary member from 1993 onwards.
Gregoire Maertens was born in Bruges, where he became active in the local Esperanto movement in Bruges as of 1946 and became a member of the BEF. He was a lecturer at the AIS in San Marino, where he was also treasurer from 1992 until 1995.