Fernand Paul Jules Spaak (8 August 1923 – 18 July 1981) was a Belgian lawyer and diplomat.
The son of Paul-Henri Spaak and Marguerite Malevez,[1] he was born in Forest and was educated at Cambridge University and at the Université libre de Bruxelles, receiving a Doctor of Laws from the latter institution.
In 1952, he became chief of staff to Jean Monnet, president of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community.
[2] Spaak was shot dead in his flat in Brussels in 1981 by his estranged wife with a hunting rifle; she had previously threatened to kill him on a number of occasions.
[6] At the time of his death, Spaak was chief of staff for Gaston Thorn, then president of the European Commission.