Laurent Merchiers | |
Birth Date: | 1904 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Zottegem, Belgium |
Death Place: | Ghent, Belgium |
Nationality: | Belgian |
Occupation: | politician, lawyer, professor |
Laurent Merchiers (9 June 1904 – 5 February 1986) was a Belgian liberal politician, lawyer, and a professor at the University of Ghent.
He was mayor of Ghent in a liberal-socialist coalition from 1953 to 1958. Laurent Merchiers was a member of parliament and senator (1955–1971), and minister of justice (1958–1960). He resigned as a minister after the Congo crisis.