Charles Magnette
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Charles Magnette | |
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 Charles Magnette by Marguerite Radoux | |
| President of the Senate | |
| In office 13 November 1928 – 27 December 1932 | |
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| Succeeded by | Emile Digneffe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1863 Virton |
| Died | 18 October 1937 (aged 74) Liège |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Relatives | Félix Magnette (brother) |
Charles Magnette (French: [maɲɛt]; 3 February 1863 – 18 October 1937), was a Belgian lawyer and a liberal politician.
He was President of the Belgian Senate from 1928 until 1932 and Minister of State. He was Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium three times. Charles Magnette was the founder of the International Masonic Association in 1921.
In 1914 and 1916 he appealed to the German Grand Lodges, complaining about the atrocities which were committed by the Germans, who occupied most part of Belgium during World War I, and the deportation of workers. As a result, he served a prison sentence. A street in Liège is named after him.
His brother was the historian Félix Magnette.
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