René De Feyter (193023 March 2011) was a Belgian politician, the managing director of the

VEV In quantum field theory the vacuum expectation value (also called condensate or simply VEV) of an operator is its average or expectation value in the vacuum. The vacuum expectation value of an operator O is usually denoted by \langle O\rangle. ...

from 1971 to 1993.

Biography

From 1956 to 1960, René de Feyter worked as a state official in

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. In 1961, he started to work on the development project of the

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. In 1968, he launched the financial newspapers ''

De Tijd ''De Tijd'' (, ''The Times'') is a Belgian newspaper that mainly focuses on business and economics. It is printed on salmon pink paper since May 2009, following the example of its colleagues ''Financial Times'', ''Het Financieele Dagblad'', '' FT ...

'', and remained publishing director for 3 years. From 1971 to 1993, René de Feyter was the managing director of the

, and the first director of the VEV's history. He was known for defying the Belgian economics establishment. In 1972, he lobbied for the implementation of Regional Economic Councils in the Flanders regions. From 1993 to 2000, he was chairman of the board of directors of ''De Tijd''. He died on 23 March 2011 at the age of 81.

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Belgian politicians Belgian economists 1930 births 2011 deaths {{Belgium-politician-stub