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Alfons Verplaetse

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Belgian economist (1930-2020)

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Alfons "Fons" Remi Emiel, Viscount Verplaetse was a Belgian economist who served as Governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1989 until 1999. He was one of the architects of the devaluation of the Belgian Frank in 1982 when he worked at the cabinet of Wilfried Martens in the government Martens V.

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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Officer of the Legion of Honour

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Alfons "Fons" Remi Emiel, Viscount Verplaetse was a Belgian economist who served as Governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1989 until 1999. He was one of the architects of the devaluation of the Belgian Frank in 1982 when he worked at the cabinet of Wilfried Martens in the government Martens V. As governor of the NBB, he prepared the entry of Belgium to the euro in 1999.

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Lived 1930 to 2020 · aged 90
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