Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb
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Baron Charles-Ferdinand N.M.P. Nothomb (born 3 May 1936 in Brussels
Brussels
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) is a French
French language
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  speaking Belgian
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 politician
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.

He is a member of the Humanist Democratic Centre
Humanist Democratic Centre
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 (cdH). He served as Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs
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 from 1980 until 1981. Since 2002 Nothomb has been Vice President of the European Movement
European Movement
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 international.

Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb is the great-uncle of the Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb
Amélie Nothomb
Amélie Nothomb is a Belgian writer who writes in French.- Biography :Amélie Nothomb was born in Kobe, Japan to Belgian diplomats. She lived there until she was five years old, and then subsequently lived in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, Coventry and Laos...

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