# Charles Poswick

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{{short description|Belgian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Charles Poswick
| office      = [President of the Parliament of the French Community](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Parliament_of_the_French_Community_of_Belgium)
| term_start  = 16 October 1984
| term_end    = 2 December 1985
| predecessor = [Michel Toussaint](/source/Michel_Toussaint)
| successor   = [Jean-Pierre Grafé](/source/Jean-Pierre_Graf%C3%A9)
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1924|10|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Limbourg](/source/Limbourg), [Belgium](/source/Belgium)
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1994|7|28|1924|10|6|df=y}}
| death_place = [Zolder](/source/Zolder), Belgium
| party       = [Reformist Movement](/source/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur)
| alma_mater  = [Catholic University of Leuven](/source/Catholic_University_of_Leuven_(1834%E2%80%931968))
}}
'''Charles Marie Jean Joseph Elvire Ghislain baron Poswick''' (6 October 1924 – 28 July 1994) was a [Belgian](/source/Belgium) politician for the [PLP](/source/Party_for_Freedom_and_Progress). Poswick was doctor in Law and licentiate in commercial and financial sciences.

He became para-commando and broker. Poswick was a member of parliament (1965–1991) for the PLP for the district [Namur](/source/Namur_(province)) and President of the French community Council (1984–1985) and of the [Walloon](/source/Wallonia) district Council (1985–1988). He was minister of defence from 1966 up to 1968 and in 1980.

==Sources==
* [http://users.skynet.be/sauveniere/Presentation/Portraits/CharlesPoswick.htm Charles Poswick] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204316/http://users.skynet.be/sauveniere/Presentation/Portraits/CharlesPoswick.htm |date=3 March 2016 }} (In French)
* [http://www.liberaalarchief.be/P_R.html Charles Poswick] (Liberal Archive, in Dutch)
* Van Molle, P., Het Belgisch parlement 1894–1969, Gent, Erasmus, 1969, p. 276.
* Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers. Officieel Handboek, 1988, p. 161.

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Category:1924 births
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Category:Ministers of defence of Belgium

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