Maurice Jean Léon Destenay (; 18 February 1900 – 1 September 1973) was a Belgian liberal politician and

burgomaster Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, ) is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or executive of a city or town. The name in English was derived from the Dutch . In so ...

. Destenay was a teacher and

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and became the founder and director of the monthly magazine ''Action Libérale''. He became

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and burgomaster (1963–1973) in Liege and a member of parliament (1949–1965) in the district of Liege. Between 1954 and 1958, he was President of the

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Presidents of the Belgian Liberal Party
(in Dutch) 1900 births 1973 deaths People from Saint-Nicolas, Liège Liberal Party (Belgium) politicians Party for Freedom and Progress politicians Ministers of state of Belgium Members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Mayors of places in Belgium Walloon movement activists {{Wallonia-politician-stub