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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Victor Van
Hoegaerden (Brussels 1828-1905) was a Belgian businessman and governor
of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1891 until 1905. He started
his career as a businessman establishing weaving mills in Ohain,
Lokeren, Tubize, Zele and Ghent. The mills of Tubize, Zele and Ghent
would, years later, grow into the Usines Cotonnières de Belgique. From
the establishment of the Caisse Générale d'Épargne et de Retraite in
1865, he became a member of its management board and became its
president in 1889. In 1869 he was appointed to the discount committee of
the NBB, and a year later he became a director. He succeeded Eugène
Anspach as vice-governor of the NBB in 1888 and as governor in 1891. His
term as governor of the NBB coincided with an economic revival after the
economic depression which had lasted from 1873 until 1895.
