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Eugène Guillaume Anspach (7 February 1833 – 21 December 1890) was a Belgian lawyer,
civil servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...
, and former governor of the
National Bank of Belgium The National Bank of Belgium (NBB; nl, Nationale Bank van België, french: Banque nationale de Belgique, german: Belgische Nationalbank) has been the central bank of Belgium since 1850. The National Bank of Belgium was established with 100% pr ...
(NBB) from 1888 until 1890. Born in
Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, he was a convinced
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.


Career

He was appointed as censor of the NBB in 1864 and as a member of the discount committee of the bank in 1868. In 1870 he was made a director and in 1882 he became vice-governor. He was appointed governor of the bank in 1888. As governor of the National Bank of Belgium he took an interest in the efficient organisation of the discount offices and the branches of the NBB. The gradual disintegration of the Latin Monetary Union made him, together with Eudore Pirmez and
Walthère Frère-Orban Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère-Orban (24 April 1812 – 2 January 1896) was a Belgian liberal statesman. Early life He was born at Liège, received his education at home and in Paris, and began the practice of law in his native town. He identif ...
, try to restore monetary order. Anspach died in Brussels on 21 December 1890.


References

* Kauch, P., in : ''Biographie Nationale'', Brussels, Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts, 1866-1986, XXIX, 1957, kol. 123-126.
Eugène Anspach
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anspach, Eugene 1833 births 1890 deaths Jurists from Brussels Governors of the National Bank of Belgium 19th-century Belgian civil servants