University of Namur

University of Namur   (University)
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
Omidyar Network	"A philanthropic investment firm"

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Jean-François van Boxmeer	12 September 1961		Belgium	Businessperson	Belgian Bilderberg businessman
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
Manuela Ferreira Leite	3 December 1940		Portugal	Politician Economist	Portuguese politician. Attended the Bilderberg in 1996 and 2009
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.