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Born November 24, 1938 (age 86) • Hasselt • Belgium
Political Affiliation Party of European Socialists

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Paul-Henri Spaak.
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgian statesman
Leopold I, photograph by Nadar (Gaspard-Felix Tournachon).
Leopold I
king of Belgium
Émile Vandervelde
Émile Vandervelde
Belgian statesman
Jaspar, marble bust by Victor Rousseau; in the Chambre des Représentants, Brussels
Henri Jaspar
Belgian statesman
Auguste, Baron Lambermont
Belgian statesman
Hymans, Paul
Paul Hymans
Belgian statesman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
president of United States
Watch West German Chancellor Adenauer greet French President de Gaulle to forge diplomatic ties after WWII
Konrad Adenauer
chancellor of West Germany
Bevin, 1945
Ernest Bevin
British labor leader and statesman
Dean Acheson
United States statesman
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
British statesman
De Gasperi, 1952
Alcide De Gasperi
prime minister of Italy
Couve de Murville, Maurice
Maurice Couve de Murville
prime minister of France
Willem Drees
prime minister of the Netherlands
Conte Carlo Sforza
Italian statesman
Leopold II
Leopold II
king of Belgium
Van Rompuy, Herman
Herman Van Rompuy
prime minister of Belgium
Pirenne, Henri
Henri Pirenne
Belgian historian
King Leopold III, 1950.
Leopold III
king of Belgium