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'''Fernand Spaak''', a [[Bilderberg]] participant, was a Belgian lawyer and diplomat who was shot dead in 1981.
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'''Fernand Spaak''', a second generation [[Bilderberger]], was a Belgian lawyer and diplomat who was shot dead in 1981.
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
Fernand Spaak was son of [[Paul-Henri Spaak]].
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Fernand Spaak was son of [[deep politician]] and fellow Bilderberger, [[Paul-Henri Spaak]].
  
 
==Death==
 
==Death==
Spaak was reportedly shot dead in his flat in [[Brussels]] in 1981 by his estranged wife with a hunting rifle; she had previously threatened to kill him on a number of occasions. She then replaced the rifle in its bag and committed suicide by electrocuting herself with an electric iron in a bath.<ref name=herald>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19810721&id=X-5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kacMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2497,3862444&hl=en |title=Wife shot Spaak then killed herself |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=July 21, 1981 |page=5}}</ref>
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Spaak was reportedly shot dead in his flat in [[Brussels]] in 1981 by his estranged wife with a hunting rifle; she had previously threatened to kill him on a number of occasions. She then replaced the rifle in its bag and committed [[suicide]] by electrocuting herself with an electric iron in a bath.<ref name=herald>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19810721&id=X-5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kacMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2497,3862444&hl=en |title=Wife shot Spaak then killed herself |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=July 21, 1981 |page=5}}</ref>
  
 
At the time of his death, Spaak was chief of staff for [[Gaston Thorn]], then [[president of the European Commission]].<ref name=herald/>
 
At the time of his death, Spaak was chief of staff for [[Gaston Thorn]], then [[president of the European Commission]].<ref name=herald/>

Latest revision as of 18:51, 6 January 2022

Person.png Fernand Spaak  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat, lawyer)
Fernand Spaak.jpg
BornAugust 8, 1923
Forest, Belgium
DiedJuly 18, 1981 (Age 57)
Brussels, Belgium
Cause of death
Gunshot
NationalityBelgian
Parents • Paul-Henri Spaak
• Marguerite Malevez
Victim ofassassination
Second generation Belgian Bilderberger lawyer diplomat who was shot dead in 1981.

Fernand Spaak, a second generation Bilderberger, was a Belgian lawyer and diplomat who was shot dead in 1981.

Background

Fernand Spaak was son of deep politician and fellow Bilderberger, Paul-Henri Spaak.

Death

Spaak was reportedly shot dead in his flat in Brussels in 1981 by his estranged wife with a hunting rifle; she had previously threatened to kill him on a number of occasions. She then replaced the rifle in its bag and committed suicide by electrocuting herself with an electric iron in a bath.[1]

At the time of his death, Spaak was chief of staff for Gaston Thorn, then president of the European Commission.[1]

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/197311 May 197313 May 1973Sweden
Saltsjöbaden
The meeting at which the 1973 oil crisis appears to have been planned.
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