University of Namur
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 University of Namur  (University)   | |
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| Formation | 1831 |
| Headquarters | Namur, Belgium |
| Sponsored by | Omidyar Network |
| A founding member of the Académie Louvain, the association of French-speaking Catholic universities in Belgium. | |
The University of Namur (UNamur, formerly Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix or FUNDP) is a Belgian university. It includes six faculties. It was founded in 1831 by the Jesuits as a secondary college, in the restored buildings of the former Benedictine abbey of Paix-Notre-Dame in Namur.
Today, the Notre-Dame de la Paix faculties, which became the University of Namur in March 2013, have more than 6,600 students. Teaching and research are carried out there jointly in the fields of science, economics, law, medicine, computing and literature. The university is a founding member of the Louvain Academy and of the Pôle Académie de Namur, which it chairs.
Notable alumni
- André Antoine, Belgian politician and French Community of Belgium Minister for finance
- Mathias Cormann, politician and Australia's Minister for finance
- Jean-Luc Dehaene, Prime Minister
- Catherine Fonck, Belgian politician and former French Community of Belgium Health Minister
- Georges Jacobs, businessman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of UCB Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delhaize Group, Honorary Chairman of UNICE
- Oly Ilunga Kalenga, Minister of Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Koen Lenaerts, Professor of Law and Judge at the European Court of Justice
- Philippe Maystadt, former Belgian minister and 2000-2011 President of the European Investment Bank
- Jean-François van Boxmeer, CEO of Heineken International
- Andries Van den Abeele, historian, historical preservationist, politician and entrepreneur
- Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou, literature, private secretary of the King of Belgium
Sponsor
| Event | Description |
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| Omidyar Network | Foundation owned by the the deep state-connected billionaire Pierre Omidyar, financing preferred NGOs |
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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| Jean-François van Boxmeer | 12 September 1961 | Belgium | Businessperson | Belgian Bilderberg businessman, regular at WEF AGMs, Heineken CEO 2005-2020 | |
| Mathias Cormann | 20 September 1970 | Australia | Politician | Belgian-born Australian politician, Secretary-General of the OECD. | |
| Jean-Luc Dehaene | 7 August 1940 | 15 May 2014 | Belgium | Politician | Attended the 2004 Bilderberg as former Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Paul Janssen | 12 September 1926 | 11 November 2003 | Belgium | Doctor Businessperson | Belgian businessman who founded Janssen Pharmaceutica, which became a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson in 1961 |
| Andre de Staercke | 1913 | 2003 | Belgium | Diplomat | Attended the 1969 Bilderberg as Belgian Permanent Representative to NATO |
| Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou | 5 December 1936 | Belgium | Civil servant Deep state functionary Royalty | A discrete person close to the royal family but well-known in Belgian and international political and economic circles. |
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