Jacques Van Offelen

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Jacques Louis Gustave Van Offelen (Isleworth, 18 October 1916 - Ukkel, 22 February 2006) was a Belgian liberal politician, burgomaster and minister for the PVV. He graduated from the Institut Supérieur de Commerce de l'Etat (1938) in Antwerp, and in 1939 became a licentiate in economy at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. He obtained a PhD from the University of Liège in 1943 and became a civil servant and docent.

[edit] Political career

He was burgomaster of Ukkel (1964 -), a member of parliament (1958-1977) and senator (1977-1978) for the PVV in the district Brussels. Van Offelen was Minister of Foreign Trade (1958-1961) and Minister for Economic Affairs (1966-1968) in the Belgian government.

[edit] Source

• Jacques Van Offelen (liberal archive) (PDF, Dutch)
• Jacques Van Offelen (MR, French)