Jean V Charles, Count Snoy et d'Oppuers (2 July 1907 in

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– 17 May 1991) was a

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and

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politician of the PSC-CVP.

Family

Jean-Charles was born son of Thierry Idesbald, Baron Snoy et d'Oppuers member of the Belgian Senate, mayor and Jacqueline de Pret Roose de Calesberg. He married Countess Nathalie d'Alcantara and they lived at the Snoy family estate, the Castle of Bois-Seigneur-Isaac.

Career

He studied Law and

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at the

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. He was Secretary-General of the Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Head of the Belgian Delegation to the

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at the

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in 1956. He notably signed the

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for Belgium, together with

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and Robert Rothschild in 1957. He was

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from 1968 to 1971. From 1982 until 1984, he was President of the

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. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the

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References

Bibliography

* Snoy et d'Oppuers, Jean-Charles, ''Rebâtir l'Europe, Mémoires'', Paris, Duculot, 1989.

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Castle of Bois-Seigneur-Isaac
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