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Baron Jean M.J. van Houtte

Minister of State, Government of Belgium, 1966; Minister of Finance, 1950–52, 1958–61; Prime Minister, 1952–54. Professor of Fiscal Law, State University of Ghent. Professor of Penal Law, State University of Liège.

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