Alexandre Galopin

Alexandre Galopin
Portrait of Alexandre Galopin
Born	Alexandre Marie Albert Galopin (1879-09-26)26 September 1879 Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Died	28 February 1944(1944-02-28) (aged 64) Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Galopin Doctrine
Relatives	Benoît de Bonvoisin (grandson)

Alexandre Galopin (26 September 1879 – 28 February 1944) was a Belgian businessman notable for his role in German-occupied Belgium during World War II. Galopin was director of the Société Générale de Belgique, a major Belgian company, and chairman of the board of the motor and armaments company Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (FN). At the head of a group of Belgian industrialists and financiers, he gave his name to the "Galopin Doctrine" which prescribed how Belgian industry should deal with the moral and economic choices imposed by the occupation. In February 1944, he was assassinated by Flemish collaborators from the DeVlag group.