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Attended [[Le Cercle]] in the 1970s. Founder of La Derniere Heure in 1906 with Fernand Oedenkoven. Also involved with La Libre Belgique. Affiliated with Europe Magazine and the National Front.<ref>May 2, 1990, Le Soir, ''Le baron noir plus d'un tour dans son sac de noeuds le baron dans un sac de noeuds''</ref>
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'''Maurice Brébart''' was a Belgian right-wing newspaper owner<ref>https://www.enaos.be/P1230.aspx?IdPer=364957&IdAN=178730</ref> who attended [[Le Cercle]] in the 1970s.  
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==Background==
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He is the son of his namesake father, Maurice Brébart, and descendant of a family who founded the newspaper ''La Dernier Heure'' in [[1906]].
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He attended the [[Free University of Brussels]].
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==Career==
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Brébart was involved with ''La Libre Belgique'', and the direct or indirect actor of press ventures both in [[Belgium]] and in [[France]]. He a "press boss" and a printer, but he also liked to turn into an editorial writer on occasion. "Identified by a pen, his strong, sometimes scathing positions showed that he liked to soak them in vitriol."<ref>https://www.lalibre.be/culture/medias-tele/2015/08/27/lhomme-de-presse-maurice-brebart-est-decede-3H6V2TTIE5HGJNM6324GFKRYH4/</ref>
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He also was one of the main patrons of the Belgian press after the [[Second World War]], and was called the Belgian "Citizen Kane". During the German occupation, the family did not collaborate.
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The Socialist press had a lot of questions about his proximity to certain radical right-wing political circles, including those of the [[OAS]], a right-wing French dissident paramilitary organisation during the [[Algerian War]]. The OAS carried out terrorist attacks, including bombings and assassinations, in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence from French colonial rule.
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Brébart was affiliated with Europe Magazine and the [[Front National (France)|National Front]].<ref>May 2, 1990, Le Soir, ''Le baron noir plus d'un tour dans son sac de noeuds le baron dans un sac de noeuds''</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:22, 6 July 2023

Person.png Maurice BrébartRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(media owner)
Maurice Brébart.png
Born17 July 1929
Died27 August 2015 (Age 86)
NationalityBelgian
Alma materFree University of Brussels
ReligionCatholic
Member ofLe Cercle
Interests • Organisation armée secrète
• Front National (France)
Belgian right-wing newspaper owner who attended Le Cercle in the 1970s.

Maurice Brébart was a Belgian right-wing newspaper owner[1] who attended Le Cercle in the 1970s.

Background

He is the son of his namesake father, Maurice Brébart, and descendant of a family who founded the newspaper La Dernier Heure in 1906.

He attended the Free University of Brussels.

Career

Brébart was involved with La Libre Belgique, and the direct or indirect actor of press ventures both in Belgium and in France. He a "press boss" and a printer, but he also liked to turn into an editorial writer on occasion. "Identified by a pen, his strong, sometimes scathing positions showed that he liked to soak them in vitriol."[2]

He also was one of the main patrons of the Belgian press after the Second World War, and was called the Belgian "Citizen Kane". During the German occupation, the family did not collaborate.

The Socialist press had a lot of questions about his proximity to certain radical right-wing political circles, including those of the OAS, a right-wing French dissident paramilitary organisation during the Algerian War. The OAS carried out terrorist attacks, including bombings and assassinations, in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence from French colonial rule.

Brébart was affiliated with Europe Magazine and the National Front.[3]


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