Jacques Brassinne de La Buissière

Chevalier Jacques Joseph Brassinne de La Buissière (7 September 1929 – 31 January 2023) was a Belgian political scientist, author, and civil servant.

Brassinne studied political science at the Brussels Université libre de Bruxelles, as well as several foreign universities, including Harvard Business School.

[1] His first governmental position was as an attaché at the cabinet of Vice-Premier Albert Lilar from 1958 to 1960, where he was notably charged with questions regarding the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi.

On 18 August 1960, Brassinne was recruited in Mistebel, the office of technical assistance headed by Harold Charles d'Aspremont Lynden, where he worked until 29 January 1961.

He was charged by the Katangese Ministry of National Education, headed by Minister Joseph Kiwele, with the foundation and organisation of a school of public administration.

The document discusses, in great detail, the circumstances about the murder of Patrice Lumumba, first Prime Minister of the independent Congo and adversary of the Katangese authorities.

On 1 August 1988, king Baudouin granted Jacques Brassinne the Belgian noble title of knight (French: chevalier; Dutch: ridder).