What is Julien Goekint?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Julien Goekint | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|10|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bredene]], Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|1|20|1929|10|8|df=y}} | death_place = [[Ostend]], Belgium | nationality = Belgian | occupation = politician | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | party = [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945–1968)|Christian Social Party]] | office = Mayor of [[Ostend]] | term_start = 7 November 1980 | term_end = 7 May 1997 }} '''Julien Goekint''' (8 October 1929 – 20 January 2023) was a Belgian politician and a member of the [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945–1968)|Christian Social Party]]. Goekint was mayor of [[Ostend]] between 1980 and 1997.<ref name=ref3>{{cite web|url=https://www.beeldbankkusterfgoed.be/m/e49e2ee6d7c64480aa49287e5b2a89d2fa32084a277a4de0975d843cf7d9a058|title=Vergadering met o.a. burgemeester Julien Goekint en Jaak Vandenmeulebroecke|work=Kunsterfgoed|date=|access-date=20 January 2023|language=nl|archive-date=20 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120092638/https://www.beeldbankkusterfgoed.be/m/e49e2ee6d7c64480aa49287e5b2a89d2fa32084a277a4de0975d843cf7d9a058|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ref4>{{cite web|url=https://kw.be/nieuws/politiek/ereburgemeester-julien-goekint-wordt-90-jaar-ik-kom-weer-in-de-mode/ |title=Oostends ereburgemeester Julien Goekint overleden|work=[[Krant van West-Vlaanderen]]|date=4 October 2019|access-date=20 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref5 /> ==Biography== Goekint was born in [[Bredene]] in 1929. He worked in his father's printing house since his early years. In the 1960s, the company move to the new industrial park, where Goekint continued to build the company. [[Jan Piers]] convinced him to become of party member of the [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945–1968)|Christian Social Party]]. With some doubt Goekint accepted the offer. A few years later he succeeded Piers as mayor of [[Osten