Roland Duchâtelet
Roland Duchâtelet | |
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Senator | |
In office 28 June 2007 – June 2010 | |
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Born | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | 14 November 1946
Roland Duchâtelet (French: [dyʃɑtlɛ]; born 14 November 1946) is a Belgian businessman and politician. He is the owner of football club Újpest.[1] He is the founder of the social-liberal political party Vivant in Belgium.
Business
In 1990, he became involved in micro-electronics. He founded several multinational corporations, of which
Duchâtelet is the main shareholder of two football clubs: Carl Zeiss Jena (Germany, D4), and Újpest (Hungary, D1). He previously owned Standard Liège which he sold in early 2015, Sint-Truidense, which he sold in 2017, Alcorcón, which he sold in 2019, and Charlton Athletic, which he sold in 2020.[6] He retained ownership of Charlton Athletic's stadium, The Valley, and training ground.[7]
In March 2016, Duchâtelet made headlines after a statement appeared on the Charlton Athletic website[8] in which some of the club's fans were accused of wanting the club to fail. In the aftermath of this statement, Charlton's newly appointed head of communications resigned from her position.[9] The Championship side was then relegated to League One on 19 April 2016. His ownership was met with widespread protests from Charlton supporters,[10][11] who formed the Coalition Against Roland Duchâtelet (CARD) and Women Against the Regime (WAR).[12] Similar protests from supporters of Standard Liège resulted in Duchâtelet selling the Belgian side.[13]
Politics
In 1993, Duchâtelet wrote a book NV België, verslag aan de aandeelhouders (Joint stock company Belgium, a report to the shareholders), published in early 1994. In his book, he pleaded for
In the movie La vie politique des Belges (2002) by
In 2004, Vivant entered a
In 2007, his party merged with the VLD,
Bibliography
- R. Duchâtelet, NV België, verslag aan de aandeelhouders (Joint stock company Belgium, a report to the shareholders), 1994
- R. Duchâtelet, De weg naar meer netto binnenlands geluk (The road to more net domestic happiness), 2004
See also
References
- ^ "Official statement AD Alcorcon Jan. 1, 2014". Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.
- ^ "Melexis: Semiconductor Sensor Solutions". www.melexis.com.
- ^ "X-Fab.com". Archived from the original on 10 February 2007.
- ^ "Epiq.com". Archived from the original on 16 February 2007.
- ^ "The Duchatelet family's international football empire | Hungarian Football". 24 July 2018.
- ^ "East Street Investments complete takeover of Charlton Athletic". Charlton Athletic. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Cawley, Richard (28 July 2023). "Global Football Partners spokesman expecting talks with Duchatelet over Valley and Sparrows Lane rental agreement". South London Press. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Statement". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016. retrieved 18 March 2016
- ^ "Charlton's head of comms quits following Duchatelet's statement". 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Charlton Athletic fans protest against owners in England and Belgium". BBC Sport. 27 February 2016.
- Independent.co.uk. 24 April 2016.
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- ^ Hall, Joe (24 June 2015). "Charlton owner Duchatelet sells Standard Liege".
- ^ GVA.be Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine 11 February 2006
- ^ GVA.be Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine 11 February 2006
- Belgian Senate. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
External links
Media related to Roland Duchatelet at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Dutch) Homepage of Vivant
- Roland Duchâtelet at IMDb