Baron Jacques Groothaert (1922–2009) was a Belgian diplomat
retrieved 16 March 2011 (French) and entrepreneur. He was honorary chairman of the company ''SA Belge de Constructions Aeronautiques'' (SABCA), former Ambassador for Belgium to Mexico and China, and chairman of the Generale de Banque. He was a member of the

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, a Belgian federalist

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. In 1984 he founded, together with Lucien Le Lièvre, the American European Community Association (AECA) in Belgium.

Bibliography

* Jacques Groothaert, ''The implications of 1992 for financial management'', The International Executive, Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages 17 – 21 * Jacques Groothaert, ''L'Europe aux miroirs'', Editions Labor, 1996. * Jacques Groothaert, ''Le Passage du Témoin'', Editions Duculot RTBF, 1991

References

American European Community Association
2009 deaths Belgian diplomats Ambassadors of Belgium to China Ambassadors of Belgium to Mexico 1922 births 20th-century Belgian civil servants {{Belgium-bio-stub