Cercle Gaulois

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The Cercle Gaulois or Cercle Royal Gaulois Artistique et Littéraire is a Belgian club. The club has the aim of constituting a friendly, intellectual, artistic and literary, meeting place, free of any political, cultural or philosophical tendency. The current President is Alain Siaens.

Contents 1 History 2 Notable members 3 See also 4 Source 5 External links

[edit] History

The Cercle Royal Artistique et Littéraire (E: Artistic and Literary Royal Circle) was founded in Brussels on 23 November 1848. The Cercle de la Toison d’Or (e: Circle of the Golden Fleece) was founded in Brussels on 23 December 1911, its name was changed on 13 June 1919 into Cercle Gaulois (E: Gallic Circle). The Cercle Gaulois became Cercle Royal Gaulois (E: Gallic Royal Cercle) by authorization of his Majesty King Leopold III of Belgium on 16 February 1937. In 1950 the Cercle Royal Gaulois merged with the Cercle Royal Artistique et Littéraire, and changed its name into Cercle Royal Gaulois Artistique et Littéraire.

[edit] Notable members

• Etienne Davignon
• Armand Dedecker
• Albert Frère
• Pierre Harmel
• Tony Mary
• Gérard Mestrallet
• Diego du Monceau de Bergendal
• Michel Tilmant
• Karel Van Miert

[edit] See also

• Cercle Royal du Parc
• Cercle de Lorraine
• De Warande
• Federation of Belgian Enterprises

[edit] Source

• Remarks by Ambassador Korologos at the Cercle Royal Gaulois Luncheon Thursday, March 17, 2005
• Assemblée générale de la Société de la Légion d’Honneur - 15 novembre 2006
• Jan Puype, De elite van België - Welkom in de club, Van Halewyck

[edit] External links

• Cercle Gaulois