André Molitor

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André Molitor (1911–4 June 2005), is a former Belgian senior civil servant of the Belgian State and former principal private secretary of King Baudouin I of Belgium for 17 years. André Molitor was also a professor of public administration at the the Université catholique de Louvain.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 See also 4 Sources

[edit] Biography

Molitor was born in Kermanshah, Iran, the son of a Belgian civil servant, established in Persia since 1901 on a mission of modernization of the Persian 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 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, André Molitor directed La Revue Nouvelle, (E : New Review), a Christian Democrat 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.

[edit] Bibliography

• André Molitor, La Fonction Royale en Belgique, CRISP, 1979

[edit] See also

• Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou

[edit] Sources

• Francis Delpérée, En Mémoire d’André Molitor, Revue internationale des Sciences administratives - RISA, Volume 71 numéro 3 Septembre 2005
• André Molitor (French)