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Colonel Maximilien Charles Ferdinand Strauch (Lomprez, 4 October 1829 – Beez, 7 June 1911) was a Belgian officer who played a role in the colonization of the Congo Basin. He was a trusted advisor of King Leopold II of Belgium, who entrusted him with the functions of secretary-general of the Association internationale africaine (1878), secretary of the Comité d’études du Haut-Congo (1878) and chairman of the Association internationale du Congo (23 February 1885 – 1 July 1885).

“Au sujet du voyage des éléphants”, in: Bulletin de la Société Royale de Géographie, 1879–1880, p. 216
“Au sujet du choix de Karéma”, in: Bulletin de la Société Royale de Géographie, 1879–1880, p. 39

René Cambier, STRAUCH (Maximilien-Charles-Ferdinand), in: Biographie Coloniale Belge, deel III, 1952, kol. 831–833
A. J. Wauters, Le colonel Strauch, président de l’Association internationale du Congo, M. Weissenbruch, 1911

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 Colonel ”’Maximilien Charles Ferdinand Strauch”’ (Lomprez, 4 October 1829 – Beez, 7 June 1911) was a Belgian officer who played a role in the [[colonization of the Congo Basin]]. He was a trusted advisor of King [[Leopold II of Belgium]], who entrusted him with the functions of [[secretary-general]] of the [[International African Association|Association internationale africaine]] (1878), secretary of the [[Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo|Comité d’études du Haut-Congo]] (1878) and chairman of the [[International Association of the Congo|Association internationale du Congo]] (23 February 1885 – 1 July 1885).
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