Raymond Janot
Raymond Janot( March 9, 1917, Paris – November 25, 2000, Paris) was a French politician who played a significant role in the writing of the 1958 Constitution of France.
Janot was with the French forces in World War II in 1939 and was taken prisoner by the German forces in 1940.
He succeeded in escaping from the German prison camps in August 1943.
Following his escape, Janot became active in the French Resistance, which his wife Catherine was already part of.
Following World War II, Janot was appointed as an economic adviser to General de Lattre de Tassigny in French Indochina in 1946.
In 1947, Janot became a legal advisor to the President, where he would remain until 1951.
Also in 1947, Janot was elected mayor of Serbonnes, where he would remain until 1971, holding this position concurrent with others at a national level, as is not uncommon in France in a practice known as the" cumul des mandats".
Janot was heavily involved in the writing of the French Constitution of 1958.
He served as the government ’s representative in debates, his title being ‘’ commissaire du gouvernement ’’.
This work was done in conjunction with his role as the secretary general of the Conseil d' État.
In addition to his other roles, his position as" commissaire du gouvernement" also resulted in his being named as the secretary- general of the Constitutional Consultative Committee, further increasing his role in the constitutional process, and making him one of the more influential players after Michel Debré.
Janot ’s influence largely dealt with provisions pertaining to executive power.
He largely toed the line of Charles de Gaulle, presenting de Gaulle ’s then view relating to the balance of power between president and prime minister.
Ja not also had strong views against reducing the power of the executive branch, fearing that too strong a parliament would repeat the governmental gridlocks of the Fourth Republic.
Some scholars have compared Janot ’s opinions on power, especially in the executive branch, to those of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, the authors of" The Federalist Papers", a dialogue on the American constitution.
Janot ’s defenses of de Gaulle ’s position helped to create the stable and powerful French Presidency of the Fifth Republic.
Following the writing of the Constitution, Janot stayed active in French political life.
In 1959, he was named as secretary general of the French Community, a forerunner of the modern Francophonie.
In March 1960, he was appointed as the Assistant Director- General of Radiodiffusion- Télévision Française, the French public broadcasting company that lasted until 1964.
Janot lasted at that post until February 1962 before concentrating on his mayoral duties in Serbonnes.
Late in his career, Ja not once again returned to public life
He participated in an important conference at Aix- en- Provence in 1988 for the thirtieth anniversary of the French constitution, as the developments of the document were analyzed.
He joined the UDF and served as the president of the regional council of Bourgogne from 1989 to 1992.
Janot died in 2000.
The Catherine and Raymond Janot State Secondary School is named in memory of Janot and his wife.
Franciscus van den Enden
Franciscus van den Enden( c. 5 February 1602 in Antwerp- 27 November 1674 in Paris) was a former Jesuit, Neo- Latin poet, physician, art dealer, philosopher, and plotter against Louis XIV of France, who is mainly known as the teacher of Baruch de Spinoza( 1632- 1677).
His name is also written as' Van den Ende',' Van den Eijnde',' Van den Eijnden', etc.
At the end of his life he was also known as' Affinius'( Latinized form of' Van den Enden').
René Van Den Driessche
René Van Den Driessche( born 14 August 1928) is a Belgian Olympic fencer.
He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.
Pauline van den Driessche
Pauline van den Driessche( born 1941) is a British and Canadian applied mathematician who is a professor emerita in the department of mathematics and statistics at the University of Victoria, where she has also held an affiliation in the department of computer science.
Her research interests include mathematical biology, matrix analysis, and stability theory.
Femke Van den Driessche
Femke Van den Driessche( born 27 August 1996) is a Belgian former cyclo- cross cyclist, mountainbiker and road racing cyclist.
As a junior, she became national cyclo- cross champion in 2011 and mountain bike champion in 2013.
In 2015, Van den Driessche won the European Cyclo- cross Championships in the women's under- 23 category, and in 2016 she became Belgian champion in the same category, but both titles were stripped later.
She became the first cyclist to officially be charged with mechanical doping, which arose from an incident that occurred at the 2016 UCI Cyclo- cross World Championships.
On 26 April 2016, she was retroactively banned from the sport for six years from 11 October 2015 until 10 October 2021, and all her results since that time shall be disqualified.
Hans van den Broek
Henri" Hans" van den Broek( born 11 December 1936) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party( KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal( CDA) party and jurist.
He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 25 February 2005.
Van den Broek applied at the Utrecht University in June 1959 majoring in Law and obtaining an Bachelor of Laws degree in June 1961 before graduating with an Master of Laws degree in July 1965.
Van den Broek worked as a lawyer and prosecutor at" Blom& Dutilh" in Rotterdam from August 1965 until May 1968 and as a corporate director at the synthetic fiber company in Arnhem from May 1968 until 12 October 1976.
Van den Broek served on the Municipal Council of Rheden from 1 September 1970 until 21 August 1974.
Van den Broek became a Member of the House of Representatives after the resignation of Theo van Schaik, taking office on 12 October 1976.
After the election of 1981 Van den Broek was appointed as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981.
The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Van Agt III with Van den Broek continuing as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, taking office on 29 May 1982.
After the election of 1982 Van den Broek returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 16 September 1982.
Following the cabinet formation of 1982 Van den Broek appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers I, taking office on 4 November 1982.
After election of 1986 Van den Broek again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 3 June 1986.
Following cabinet formation of 1986 Van den Broek continued as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers II, taking office on 14 July 1986.
The Cabinet Lubbers II fell on 3 May 1989 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity.
After the election of 1989 Van den Broek once again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 14 September 1989.
Following the cabinet formation of 1989 Van den Broek remained as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989.
In November 1992 Van den Broek was nominated as the next European Commissioner from the Netherlands.
Van den Broek was giving the heavy portfolios of External Relations and Enlargement in the Third Delors Commission, he resigned as a Minister of Foreign Affairs on 3 January 1993 and was installed as European Commissioner, taking office on 6 January 1993.
In December 1994 Van den Broek was re-nominated as European Commissioner.
He kept the portfolios of External Relations and Enlargement and got the additional portfolio of Neighbourhood Policy in the Santer Commission, serving from 23 January 1995 until 16 September 1999.
Van den Broek retired after spending 23 years in national politics and became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards( Institute of International Relations Clingendael, Carnegie Foundation, Radio Netherlands Worldwide and the Schiphol Group) and served as an diplomat and lobbyist for several economic delegations on behalf of the government and as an advocate and activist for Human rights, European integration and Nuclear disarmament.
Van den Broek is known for his abilities as a negotiator and debater.
Van den Broek continued to comment on political affairs as a statesman until his retirement in 2010 and holds the distinction as the second longest- serving Minister of Foreign Affairs with after World War II.
His youngest daughter Princess Marilène is married to Prince Maurits, the oldest son of Princess Margriet the younger sister of former Queen Beatrix.
Pol Van Den Driessche
Pol Van Den Driessche( born 1959) is a Belgian ex-journalist, writer and politician.
Van Den Driessche joined with the Christian Democratic and Flemish party( CD&V) in 2007 and was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in the same year.
He moved to the New Flemish Alliance( N- VA) after ending his term, in 2011, and became a co-opted senator for this party in 2014.
In 2012, Van Den Driessche stood down as a candidate in the local elections in Bruges after being accused of sexual abuse.
On 7 August 2014, he made the papers because he tried to edit or mitigate references to these accusations on his Dutch Wikipedia page.
In the 2018 local elections he led the N- VA list in Bruges.
He got elected as a council member, but his party suffered a big loss in the city.
Pauline van Roessel
Pauline van Roessel( born 9 May 1967) is a Canadian rower.
She competed in the women's eight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Carlos Van den Driessche
Charles Georges" Carlos" Van den Driessche( 31 August 1901 – 14 May 1972) was a Belgian ice hockey player and rower.
As a hockey player he won a bronze medal at the 1924 European Championships and finished seventh and thirteenth at the 1924 and 1936 Winter Olympics, respectively.
As a rower he competed in the coxless pairs at the 1928 Summer Olympics, together with the fellow ice hockey player Philippe Van Volckxsom, but failed to reach the final.
He won a bronze medal in the double sculls with Louis Strauwen at the 1929 European Rowing Championships.
Van den Driessche served as the president of the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation in 1949 – 1951, 1953 – 1955 and 1960 – 1965.
Pauline van Dongen
Pauline van Dongen( born 1986) is a Dutch fashion designer specialised in wearable technology.

Question: Are both Raymond Janot and Pauline Van Den Driessche from the same country?
Answer: no