Amaury de Merode
Amaury Werner Ghislain François de Merode (born October 3, 1902 in Everberg , Belgium , † May 17, 1980 in Leuven , Belgium) was a Belgian nobleman and President of the FIA .
Amaury de Merode came from the Everberg line of the Belgian noble Merode family . On June 14, 1926, he married in Le Rœulx Marie-Claire von Croÿ (1907-2000) from the 2nd line of the French aristocratic family Croÿ and granddaughter of Engelbert-August von Arenberg . The couple had three children from 1927 to 1934. In 1930 de Merode joined the army and became an officer in the Premier Régiment de Guides . In May 1940 he was taken prisoner of war and taken to Germany. After the war he became a member of the board of the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB) in 1952 . In 1955 he became president of the club. He was committed to improving RACB breakdown assistance and helped organize motorsport events. In 1959 he became a member of the Executive Committee of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and shortly afterwards its vice-president. He headed the FIA Finance Committee for five years and twice ran unsuccessfully for President of the FIA. In 1971 he was then unanimously elected as the new FIA President for a three-year term. For reasons of age, he did not want to run for another term at the 1974 General Assembly. Since the FIA was in a difficult phase due to the oil crisis , he was asked to remain president for another year before he resigned from all offices in 1975. Amaury de Merode was accepted into the Order of the Golden Fleece by Otto von Habsburg in 1972 .
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| SURNAME | De Merode, Amaury |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Merode, Amaury Werner Ghislain François (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian nobleman and President of the FIA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Everberg , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1980 |
| Place of death | Leuven , Belgium |