André Molitor

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.

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.

Bibliography

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

ee also

* Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou

ources

* Francis Delpérée, "En Mémoire d’André Molitor", Revue internationale des Sciences administratives - RISA, Volume 71 numéro 3 Septembre 2005
* [http://www.quiestmort.com/andre-molitor.htm André Molitor] (French)