André Molitor (4 August 1911 – 4 June 2005) was a former Belgian senior civil servant of the Belgian State and former principal private secretary of King

Baudouin I of Belgium Baudouin (; 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993) was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Belgian Congo, Congo, before it became independent in 1960 and became the Demo ...

from 1961 until 1977 (17 years). André Molitor was also a professor of public administration at the

Université catholique de Louvain UCLouvain (or Université catholique de Louvain , French for Catholic University of Louvain, officially in English the University of Louvain) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university and one of the oldest in Europe (originally establishe ...

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Molitor was born in

Kermanshah Kermanshah is a city in the Central District (Kermanshah County), Central District of Kermanshah province, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is from Tehran in the western pa ...

Qajar Persia The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic origin,Cyrus Ghani. ''Iran an ...

, the son of a Belgian civil servant, established in Iran since 1901, on a mission of modernization of the Iranian customs. In 1935, he obtained the title of Doctor in Law, and since 1937, pursued a career in the Belgian public office. He was also the principal private secretary of the Minister

Pierre Harmel Pierre Charles José Marie, Count Harmel (; 16 March 1911 – 15 November 2009) was a Belgian lawyer, Christian Democratic politician and diplomat. Harmel served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1965 to 1966, leading a centre-left cabinet. ...

and was the craftsman of the school pact of 1958, which ended a period of political dissension over the funding of secondary education. Since the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, André Molitor directed ''La Revue Nouvelle'', (E : New Review), a

Christian Democrat Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian ethics#Politics, Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo ...

publication in Belgium. He directed the review ''Administration publique'' (E: Public administration). At his retirement in 1977, André Molitor took up the presidency of the King Baudouin Foundation, until 1986.

Bibliography

* André Molitor, La Fonction Royale en Belgique, CRISP, 1979 * André Molitor, Souvenirs: un témoin engagé dans la Belgique du 20e siècle, Editions Duculot, 1984

Sources

* Francis Delpérée, ''En Mémoire d'André Molitor'', Revue internationale des Sciences administratives - RISA, Volume 71 numéro 3 Septembre 2005
André Molitor
(French) 1911 births 2005 deaths Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni People from Kermanshah Belgian civil servants Dignitaries of the Belgian court Academic staff of the Université catholique de Louvain Walloon people Belgian expatriates in Iran {{Belgium-bio-stub

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