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{{short description|Belgian economist and politician (1939–2024)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Paul-Henry Gendebien
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| birth_date = 9 July 1939
| birth_place = [[Hastière]], Belgium
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|05|03|1939|07|09}}
| death_place = [[Liège]], Belgium
| nationality = Belgian
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| occupation = Economist
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| education = [[Saint-Louis University, Brussels]] <br/> [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|Catholic University of Louvain]]
| party = [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945)|PSC]] <br/> [[Walloon Rally|RW]] <br/> [[Rassemblement Wallonie France|RWF]]
| office = President of the [[Rassemblement Wallonie France]]
| term_start = 1999
| term_end = 3 May 2024
| office2 = [[Member of the European Parliament]] for the [[French-speaking electoral college]]
| term_start2 = 17 July 1979
| term_end2 = 23 July 1984
| office3 = Member of the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives of Belgium]]
| term_start3 = 1985
| term_end3 = 1988
| term_start4 = 1971
| term_end4 = 1981
}}
'''Paul-Henry Gendebien''' (9 July 1939 – 3 May 2024) was a Belgian economist and politician of the [[Walloon Rally]] (RW) and the [[Rassemblement Wallonie France]] (RWF).<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 May 2024|title=Le fondateur du RWF, Paul-Henry Gendebien, est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://www.rtl.be/actu/belgique/po...05-04/article/665417|language=French|work=RTL Info|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> He was descended from [[Alexandre Gendebien]], who was Belgium's first [[Minister of Justice (Belgium)|Minister of Justice]].
==Biography==
Borni in [[Hastière]] on 9 July 1939, he was the son of World War II pilot Marc Gendebien and Guillemette Carton de Wiart, who herself was the daughter of former [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]] [[Henry Carton de Wiart]]. He earned a [[Doctor of Laws]] in 1962 and a [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate]] in economic sciences in 1964 from [[Saint-Louis University, Brussels]] and subsequently studied at the [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|Catholic University of Louvain]]. After his studies, he became a researcher at the {{ill|Center for Socio-Political Research and Information|fr|Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques}} and was an assistant professor at the [[University of Kinshasa]] from 1965 to 1967.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 May 2024|title=Paul-Henry Gendebien, ancien député wallon et européen, est mort à 84 ans|trans-title= |url=https://www.lavenir.net/fil-info/20...FKBV63XLDSJI/|language=French|work=[[L'Avenir (Belgian newspaper)|L'Avenir]]|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> From 1968 to 1971, he directed the economic research office at the [[Hainaut Province|Province of Hainaut]].
In response to the [[Split of the Catholic University of Leuven|Leuven Affair]], Gendebien left the [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945)|Christian Social Party]] and joined the Walloon Rally (RW). In [[1971 Belgian general election|1971]], he was elected to the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] and<ref>{{cite web|url=https://connaitrelawallonie.walloni...-wallons/gendebien-paul-henry|title=GENDEBIEN Paul-Henry|work=Connaîte la Wallonie|language=French}}</ref>, in [[1979 European Parliament election|1979]], he was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament|member]] of the [[European Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/851/PAUL-HENRY+E.M.GH._GENDEBIEN/history/1|title=Paul-Henry E.M.Gh. GENDEBIEN|work=European Parliament}}</ref> However, he left the party in 1981 to join the ''Alliance démocratique wallonne'' and eventually settled with the Rassemblement Wallonie France, of he founded and became president in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 May 2024|title=Founder of Wallonia-France unification party dies|trans-title= |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/polit...lonia-france-unification-party-dies|language= |work=[[The Brussels Times]]|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
Gendebien favored a split of Belgium similar to that of the [[dissolution of Czechoslovakia]] and an integration of [[Wallonia]] and [[Brussels]] into France. He also denounced the "Flemishization" of the Belgian state by the [[Belgian Armed Forces|armed forces]] and the [[National Railway Company of Belgium|National Railway Company]].<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2011|title=Flamandisation de l'armée|trans-title= |url=http://www.fdf.be/IMG/pdf/PF66.pdf|...ion=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url|archivedate=5 December 2021|language=French|work=[[DéFI|Democratic Front of Francophones]]|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Gennart|first=Luc|last2=Wageneer|first2=Thierry|date=2010|title=Vers une armée flamande?|trans-title= |url= |language=French|location= |publisher=Éditions La Muette|isbn=}}</ref>
Paul-Henry Gendebien died in [[Liège]] on 3 May 2024 at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 May 2024|title=Le fondateur du Rassemblement Wallonie-France, Paul-Henry Gendebien, est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://www.lesoir.be/585573/articl...endebien-est-decede|language=French|work=[[Le Soir]]|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
==Books==
*''Congo, 1963'' (1964)
*''L’Intervention des Nations unies au Congo'' (1968)
*''L’Environnement… un problème politique pour la Wallonie, pour l’Europe, pour le Monde'' (1972)
*''Une certaine idée de la Wallonie'' (1987)
*''Splendeurs de la Liberté'' (1999)
*''Le Choix de la France'' (2002)
*''La Belgique : dernier quart-d'heure ?'' (2006)
*''Wallons et Bruxellois, ensemble avec la France !'' (2008)
*''La raison et le cœur. Oui à la France'' (2010)
*''Demain la Wallonie avec la France. Vers la réunification française'' (2013)
*''Histoire d'une famille. Les Gendebien au temps des révolutions et des guerres européenne'' (2017)
*''1914-1918 Deux villages Wallons dans l'enfer de la grande guerre'' (2018)
*''Mon séjour dans la fosse aux lions de la politique belge'' (2021)
==References==
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{{short description|Belgian economist and politician (1939–2024)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Paul-Henry Gendebien
| image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] -->
| alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption =
| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date = 9 July 1939
| birth_place = [[Hastière]], Belgium
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|05|03|1939|07|09}}
| death_place = [[Liège]], Belgium
| nationality = Belgian
| other_names =
| occupation = Economist
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| education = [[Saint-Louis University, Brussels]] <br/> [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|Catholic University of Louvain]]
| party = [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945)|PSC]] <br/> [[Walloon Rally|RW]] <br/> [[Rassemblement Wallonie France|RWF]]
| office = President of the [[Rassemblement Wallonie France]]
| term_start = 1999
| term_end = 3 May 2024
| office2 = [[Member of the European Parliament]] for the [[French-speaking electoral college]]
| term_start2 = 17 July 1979
| term_end2 = 23 July 1984
| office3 = Member of the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives of Belgium]]
| term_start3 = 1985
| term_end3 = 1988
| term_start4 = 1971
| term_end4 = 1981
}}
'''Paul-Henry Gendebien''' (9 July 1939 – 3 May 2024) was a Belgian economist and politician of the [[Walloon Rally]] (RW) and the [[Rassemblement Wallonie France]] (RWF).<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 May 2024|title=Le fondateur du RWF, Paul-Henry Gendebien, est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://www.rtl.be/actu/belgique/po...05-04/article/665417|language=French|work=RTL Info|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> He was descended from [[Alexandre Gendebien]], who was Belgium's first [[Minister of Justice (Belgium)|Minister of Justice]].
==Biography==
Borni in [[Hastière]] on 9 July 1939, he was the son of World War II pilot Marc Gendebien and Guillemette Carton de Wiart, who herself was the daughter of former [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]] [[Henry Carton de Wiart]]. He earned a [[Doctor of Laws]] in 1962 and a [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate]] in economic sciences in 1964 from [[Saint-Louis University, Brussels]] and subsequently studied at the [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|Catholic University of Louvain]]. After his studies, he became a researcher at the {{ill|Center for Socio-Political Research and Information|fr|Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques}} and was an assistant professor at the [[University of Kinshasa]] from 1965 to 1967.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 May 2024|title=Paul-Henry Gendebien, ancien député wallon et européen, est mort à 84 ans|trans-title= |url=https://www.lavenir.net/fil-info/20...FKBV63XLDSJI/|language=French|work=[[L'Avenir (Belgian newspaper)|L'Avenir]]|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> From 1968 to 1971, he directed the economic research office at the [[Hainaut Province|Province of Hainaut]].
In response to the [[Split of the Catholic University of Leuven|Leuven Affair]], Gendebien left the [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945)|Christian Social Party]] and joined the Walloon Rally (RW). In [[1971 Belgian general election|1971]], he was elected to the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] and<ref>{{cite web|url=https://connaitrelawallonie.walloni...-wallons/gendebien-paul-henry|title=GENDEBIEN Paul-Henry|work=Connaîte la Wallonie|language=French}}</ref>, in [[1979 European Parliament election|1979]], he was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament|member]] of the [[European Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/851/PAUL-HENRY+E.M.GH._GENDEBIEN/history/1|title=Paul-Henry E.M.Gh. GENDEBIEN|work=European Parliament}}</ref> However, he left the party in 1981 to join the ''Alliance démocratique wallonne'' and eventually settled with the Rassemblement Wallonie France, of he founded and became president in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 May 2024|title=Founder of Wallonia-France unification party dies|trans-title= |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/polit...lonia-france-unification-party-dies|language= |work=[[The Brussels Times]]|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
Gendebien favored a split of Belgium similar to that of the [[dissolution of Czechoslovakia]] and an integration of [[Wallonia]] and [[Brussels]] into France. He also denounced the "Flemishization" of the Belgian state by the [[Belgian Armed Forces|armed forces]] and the [[National Railway Company of Belgium|National Railway Company]].<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2011|title=Flamandisation de l'armée|trans-title= |url=http://www.fdf.be/IMG/pdf/PF66.pdf|...ion=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url|archivedate=5 December 2021|language=French|work=[[DéFI|Democratic Front of Francophones]]|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Gennart|first=Luc|last2=Wageneer|first2=Thierry|date=2010|title=Vers une armée flamande?|trans-title= |url= |language=French|location= |publisher=Éditions La Muette|isbn=}}</ref>
Paul-Henry Gendebien died in [[Liège]] on 3 May 2024 at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 May 2024|title=Le fondateur du Rassemblement Wallonie-France, Paul-Henry Gendebien, est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://www.lesoir.be/585573/articl...endebien-est-decede|language=French|work=[[Le Soir]]|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
==Books==
*''Congo, 1963'' (1964)
*''L’Intervention des Nations unies au Congo'' (1968)
*''L’Environnement… un problème politique pour la Wallonie, pour l’Europe, pour le Monde'' (1972)
*''Une certaine idée de la Wallonie'' (1987)
*''Splendeurs de la Liberté'' (1999)
*''Le Choix de la France'' (2002)
*''La Belgique : dernier quart-d'heure ?'' (2006)
*''Wallons et Bruxellois, ensemble avec la France !'' (2008)
*''La raison et le cœur. Oui à la France'' (2010)
*''Demain la Wallonie avec la France. Vers la réunification française'' (2013)
*''Histoire d'une famille. Les Gendebien au temps des révolutions et des guerres européenne'' (2017)
*''1914-1918 Deux villages Wallons dans l'enfer de la grande guerre'' (2018)
*''Mon séjour dans la fosse aux lions de la politique belge'' (2021)
==References==
{{reflist}}
Okumaya devam et...