Jacques Louis Gustave Van Offelen (

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, 18 October 1916 –

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, 22 February 2006) was a

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liberal politician, burgomaster and minister for the PVV. He graduated from the ''Institut Supérieur de Commerce de l'Etat'' (1938) in

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, and in 1939 became a licentiate in economy at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. He obtained a PhD from the

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in 1943 and became a civil servant and docent. He was

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of Uccle (1964–), a member of parliament (1958–1977) and senator (1977–1978) for the PVV in the district

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. Van Offelen was Minister of Foreign Trade (1958–1961) and Minister for Economic Affairs (1966–1968) in the Belgian government.

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