Alexandre Joseph Célestin Gendebien (

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, 4 May 1789 –

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, 6 December 1869) was a lawyer in the

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and later

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, where he also became minister of Justice. He played an important role during the

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, together with his colleague

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. He was a proponent of Belgian union with France, and adversary of

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