Jozef Martin Paul van Brabant

Jozef Martin Paul van Brabant (5 November 1942 – 18 October 2006) was a Belgian economist. He was Principal Economic Affairs Officer at the Secretariat of the United Nations in New York. After completing his undergraduate studies in business, economics, philosophy, mathematics and teaching at the Katholieke Universiteit van Leuven in Belgium, Jozef M. van Brabant went to the US and received a M.A. degree in Russian and Eastern European Studies in 1967 and a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Yale University in 1973.

Van Brabant never became a US citizen and was a staunch supporter of European integration. He was survived by his wife, Miyuki van Brabant , a retired librarian, two daughters, and four grandchildren.

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