Willem Werner Hubert "Willy" Claes (Dutch: [ˈʋɪli klaːs]; born 24 November 1938) is a Belgian politician who served as the eighth Secretary General of...
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Willy Claes (6 February 1937 – 2017) was a Belgian weightlifter. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...
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parties were implicated, including the incumbent Secretary General of NATO Willy Claes who was forced to resign. The Agusta scandal was the first of a series...
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Dröscher Robert Pontillon Joop den Uyl Vítor Constâncio Guy Spitaels Willy Claes Rudolf Scharping Robin Cook Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Sergey Stanishev Stefan...
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Claes is a masculine given name, a version of Nicholas, as well as a patronymic surname. It is also spelled Klas, Clas and Klaes. Claes is a common first...
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footballer Willy Caballero (born 1981), Argentina football goalkeeper Willie Cauley-Stein (born 1993), American basketball player Willy Claes (born 1938)...
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acting Secretary General upon his death until the appointment of Willy Claes. Claes resigned as Secretary General after a bribery scandal, centering on...
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in the last stages of cancer. On 17 October 1994, he was replaced by Willy Claes, who resigned on 20 October 1995 following the discovery of his political...
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† Key foreign figures Robert Badinter Lord Carrington Jimmy Carter Willy Claes Pieter Feith Richard Holbrooke Lord Owen Cyrus Vance Jacques Paul Klein...
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Dröscher Robert Pontillon Joop den Uyl Vítor Constâncio Guy Spitaels Willy Claes Rudolf Scharping Robin Cook Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Sergey Stanishev Stefan...
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