François, Baron Narmon (26 January 1934 – 14 March 2013) was a Belgian businessman and president of Dexia Group and the

Belgian Olympic Committee The Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee ( nl, Belgisch Olympisch en Interfederaal Comité, french: Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge), abbreviated BOIC or COIB, is the National Olympic Committee for Belgium. The administrative s ...

.Véronique POUILLARD, (1999), "François Narmon" in Cent grands patrons du vingtième siècle en Belgique,E. Buyst- G.- Kurgan-van Hentenryk éd., Bruxelles, A. Renier, pp. 164–165. From 2002 until 2004 he was a member of the

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. Born in

Jette Jette (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Ganshoren, Koekelberg, and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, as well as the Flemi ...

, Narmon obtained a licentiate degree as commercial engineer from the Université libre de Bruxelles ( École de commerce Solvay). He lectured on accountancy at the Université libre de Bruxelles and the

Vrije Universiteit Brussel The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) () is a Dutch and English-speaking research university located in Brussels, Belgium.The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is one of the five universities officially recognised by the Flemish Community, Flemish gov ...

, and made the local ''Gemeentekrediet'' into the financial enterprise Dexia. He died on 14 March 2013 in

Meise Meise () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Meise proper and Wolvertem (a ''deelgemeente''), and, several smaller villages like Sint-Brixius-Rode, Oppem, Meusegem, Impde/I ...

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1934 births 2013 deaths People from Jette Flemish businesspeople Free University of Brussels (1834–1969) alumni International Olympic Committee members {{Belgium-business-bio-stub