Guy Cudell

Guy Cudell (12 February 1917 – 16 May 1999) was a Belgian politician of the Belgian Socialist Party and the French-speaking Socialist Party (PS).

He was first voted onto the council in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in the Brussels Capital Region in 1946 and was mayor from 1953 until his death.

[1] On 24 June 1984, Cudell was kidnapped in nearby Ixelles by René Busschot.

Cudell was able to break out of his handcuffs and escape the empty house through an open door.

[1][3] Cudell was the subject of the fly on the wall documentary Le bourgmestre a dit [fr] ("The Mayor Said"), filmed in 1996 by Marie-Hélène Massin [fr].