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Assassination of Andre Cools

Belgium · Politics / Socialist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1991

Andre Cools18 July 1991

Politics / Socialist Party

Socialist Party leader Andre Cools is murdered, Cools had worked for more regional autonomy for Wallonia, the French-speaking southern half of Belgium, and the Dutch-speaking Flanders

Names involved

Andre Cools

Provenance

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