Louis de Potter | |
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| Born | Louis Joseph Antoine de Potter de Droogenwalle 26 April 1786 |
| Died | 22 July 1859 Bruges, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Other names | Demophile |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, leading Belgian politician, literature author |
| Known for | leading briefly the "Central Committee" of the Belgian revolution of 1830 |
| Family | de Potter de Droogenwalle |
Louis de Potter (26 April 1786 – 22 July 1859), was a Belgian journalist, revolutionary, politician and writer. Out of the more than 100 books and pamphlets, one of the most notable works was his famous Letter to my Fellow Citizens in which he promoted democracy, universal electoral rights and the unity among Belgian liberals and Catholics. As one of the heroes of the Belgian Revolution, he proclaimed the independence of Belgium from the Netherlands (from the terrace of the Brussels City Hall on 28 September 1830), and inaugurated the first Belgian parliamentary assembly (on 10 November 1830), on behalf of the outgoing Belgian provisional government.[1]
- ^ (in French) N. de Potter, R. Dalemans, F. Balace, Louis de Potter. Révolutionnaire Belge en 1830, in: Editions Couleur Livres, 2011, col. Histoire de Belgique.