André Molitor

André Molitor
Born	1911 Kermanshah, Iran
Died	4 June 2005 (aged 93–94) Brussels
Nationality	Belgium
Occupation	politician, civil servant

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

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.

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