André-Eugène Pirson (21 March 1817 – 28 December 1881) was a Belgian liberal politician, civil servant, and former governor of the

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(NBB) from 1877 until 1881. From 1857 to 1861, he was a member of the

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Career

Born in

Dinant Dinant () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Namur Province, province of Namur, Belgium. On the shores of river Meuse, in the Ardennes, it lies south-east of Brussels, south ...

, he started his career in the army, but left after four years of service to become the State cashier's agent for the Société Générale de Belgique, first in Oudenaarde, and later in

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until 1850 when the National Bank of Belgium was established. André-Eugène Pirson continued his career at the National Bank as an agent for the NBB in Tournai. In 1855, he set up a discount office in Tournai and also worked as acommissioner and administrator of a number of savings banks. In 1864 he was appointed director of the National Bank, and became vice-governor under

Eugène Prévinaire Eugène Marie Ignace Prévinaire (18 October 1805 – 2 June 1877) was a Belgian businessman, liberal politician, civil servant, and from 1870 to 1877, governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB). Born in Leuven on 18 October 1805, Prévi ...

, whom he succeeded in 1877. During his term of office he was confronted by and economic recession and growing tensions within the Latin Monetary Union. He died in

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aged 64 in 1881.

Sources

* De Paepe, Jean-Luc, Raindorf-Gérard, Christiane (ed.), ''Le Parlement Belge 1831-1894. Données Biographiques'', Brussels,

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, 1996, p. 466. * Closson, E., in : ''Biographie Nationale'', Brussels, Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts, 1866–1986, XVII, 1903, kol. 664-665.
André-Eugène Pirson
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirson, Andre-Eugene 1817 births 1881 deaths People from Dinant Belgian politicians 19th-century Belgian civil servants Governors of the National Bank of Belgium