Roger Jean Henri Motz (8 July 1904 – 27 March 1964) was a Belgian

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. Motz was a mine-

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and governor of companies. He was municipality council member and a member of parliament for

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and as from 1946 senator. After

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he was from 1945 up to 1953 President of the

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and once again of 1958 up to 1961 in run-up to the transformation of the liberal party to the

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. From 1952 up to 1958 he was President of the

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. He was also President of the Belgian League for European Cooperation.

Sources

Presidents of the Belgian liberal party
at Liberaal Archief - 2002 archive
Roger Motz
- bio in Hall of Freedom at

- 2016 archive
Roger Motz
(in French) 1904 births 1964 deaths Ministers of state of Belgium Belgian people in the United Kingdom during World War II People from Schaerbeek Presidents of the Liberal International {{Brussels-politician-stub