conducted a careful policy where the language disputes (Dutch versus French) had to rest during the war. He openly condemned the collaboration with the Germans (Activism), and became the personification of the resistance in Flanders. Although he, in 1916, had said that the fight for the Flemish rights had to be continued after the war, he himself did not get involved with it anymore. After the war he became Minister of Colonies (1918–1924), and on 27 September 1926, he succeeded Fernand Hautain as governor of the National Bank of Belgium and together with Paul van Zeeland, he led this institute for many years in a dynamic but autocratic and self-opinioned way. Gustave Sap attacked the policy of the National Bank in his speech of 16 March 1937 and also the socialist politician Henri de Man attacked him on his policy in 1937. Louis Franck committed suicide at Wijnegem, while a judicial investigation was being conducted. See also Flemish movement Lodewijk De Raet Sources Louis Franck (in Dutch) Louis Franck (in Dutch) External links 1868 births 1937 deaths Belgian civil servants Flemish lawyers Flemish activists Belgian Ministers of State Governors of the National Bank of Belgium Free University of Brussels (1834–1969) alumni Secular humanism 1937 suicides