William Ugeux was a member of the

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during the

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Biography

Ugeux was born on 22 February, 1909 in

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. He registered at the Brussels bar in 1932. He started working as a journalist. At the age of 24, Cardinal Joseph Van Roey brought Ugeux at the helm of the catholic newspaper ''

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''. By the outbreak of the

, he entered the

through the intelligence network '' Service de renseignement Zéro''. Towards the end of 1941, he became the head of the network. He left Belgium for

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in March 1943, where he became the director general of the Intelligence and Actions Service (Fr.: ''Services de renseignements et d’actions'') of the State Security. After the war, Ugeux worked at the magazine ''

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'' as well as the newspaper ''La relève''. In 1950, he became the editor-in-chief of the newly founded '' La cité'' until 1955. Minister of the Colonies Auguste Buisseret proposed Ugeux to lead the public information institute for the Congo and

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INFORCONGO. After Congolese independence in 1960, Ugeux proposed Minister for Foreign Affairs

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to found a Belgian institute for Information and Documentation (INBEL), which he will lead until 1975. From 1955 onwards as well, he changed his profession and worked as a professor at the

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until 1979. Ugeux was a historian of the

and wrote several books on this subject. He died on 13 October, 1997 in

Personal life

Ugeux was the eldest child in a family of seven children. His siblings included

Etienne Ugeux Etienne Ugeux (1923 1998) was a Belgian journalist. Career in the Congo Ugeux started his career at Belgian newspaper ''La Libre Belgique'', before moving to the colonial capital of the Belgian Congo, Léopoldville, in 1950. Ugeux worked in t ...

. He married Andrée Vercruysse (1908–1971) in 1933. The marriage remained childless. He studied at the

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Bibliography

His notable books include: * ''Le passage de l'Iraty '' * ''Les relations publiques : une fonction sociale nouvelle '' * ''Histoires de résistants'' * ''150 ans d'information'' * ''Le "Groupe G" (1942-1944) : deux héros de la Résistance : Jean Burgers et Robert Leclercq'' * ''André Oleffe ou le Dialogue en circuit fermé ''

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Ugeux William

EHRI - Archief William Ugeux , directeur-generaal Inlichtingen en Actie van de Veiligheid van de Staat te Londen

Family tree of William Ugeux
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