Gustave Sap
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| Born |
Gustave Charles Sap 21 January 1886 Kortemark, Belgium |
| Died | 19 March 1940 (aged 54) Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgium |
| Occupation | politician, professor |
Gustave Charles Sap (21 January 1886 – 19 March 1940) was a Belgian politician and minister for the Catholic Party. Sap was also professor at the Catholic University of Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). During his professional career, he was active in the Flemish movement, agriculture and business. In 1920, he married Antoinette Gylsen, daughter of the Antwerp shipowner Henry Gylsen, and together they had six daughters and one son. Gustave Sap was the father-in-law of André Vlerick, Jan Piers and Albert De Smaele.
From 1901 until 1905, Sap attended the episcopal Normaalschool (E:Teachers college) in Torhout. He began his career as a teacher, but went on to study at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he graduated in 1911 in commercial and consular sciences. On 20 June 1912, he obtained a PhD at the Catholic University of Leuven with a thesis on the German : Le régime légal des bourses en Allemagne. Lois du 22 juin 1896 et du 8 mai 1908.
Sap began his career as a teacher in 1905, which lasted until 1908. In 1913, he began teaching transactions at the Hogere Handelsschool of the Catholic University of Leuven. After World War I, he progressed to lecturer, and in 1920, he became a professor in the law department of the university.
When World War I ignited, Sap fled to Le Havre, where he was the private secretary of Minister Joris Helleputte (agriculture and public works), President of the Boerenbond (Belgian Catholic Farmers Association) from March 1915 until November 1918. During the war, he continued his activities in the Flemish movement and supported the Vlaamse frontbeweging (E: Flemish frontmovement). After the war, he joined the Catholic Party instead of the Frontpartij, but remained sympathetic of its cause.
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