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Charles Magnette

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Charles Magnette
Charles Magnette by Marguerite Radoux
President of the Senate
In office
13 November 1928 – 27 December 1932
Preceded byArnold t'Kint de Roodenbeke
Succeeded byEmile Digneffe
Personal details
Born(1863-02-03)3 February 1863
Virton
Died18 October 1937(1937-10-18) (aged 74)
Liège
Political partyLiberal Party
RelativesFélix 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 two times (from 1914 to 1921 and from 1925 to 1927). 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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Political offices
Preceded by President of the Senate
1928–1932
Succeeded by
Masonic offices
Preceded by Grand Master of the
Grand Orient of Belgium

1914–1921
Succeeded by
Fernand Levêque
Preceded by
Fernand Levêque
Grand Master of the
Grand Orient of Belgium

1925–1927
Succeeded by
Raoul Engel