I have no other desire than to leave Belgium bigger, stronger and more beautiful. - Auguste, Baron Lambermont

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I have no other desire than to leave Belgium bigger, stronger and more beautiful.

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About Auguste, Baron Lambermont

François Auguste, Baron Lambermont (25 March 1819 in Dion-le-Val, Brabant 7 March 1905), was a Belgian statesman. Among other important conferences in which Lambermont took a leading part were those of Brussels (1874) on the usages of war, Berlin (1884–1885) on Africa and the Congo region, and Brussels (1890) of Central African affairs and the Arab slave trade and the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885.

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Alternative Names: François-Auguste Lambermont
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