Chancier Jacques Bel was recognized as the greatest Belgian

The Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel was recognized as the greatest Belgian according to the results of an interactive vote held by the RTBF franco -speaking television channel.

As RIA Novosti reports, by the number of votes given to him, the author and performer of songs popular in Belgium and France was ahead of the writer Georges Simenon, artist-scurelist Rene Magritte, the athlete of the Veloganer Eddie Merks, the King of the Belgians of the first and the father of Damien, who was known for preaching to the fact that he went to preach in Leprozoria on the island of Molokai on the Hawaiian Archipelago, where he was infected with leprosy and died.

Voting was organized on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of independence celebrated this year in Belgium in Belgium.

It is noteworthy that during a similar survey of viewers, which was conducted by the Dutch VRT channel, Brel received only seventh place in the list of ten great Belgians.