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| birth_place = [[Morlanwelz]] ([[Hainaut]]) |
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| office = Minister-President of the Walloon Region |
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| successor = [[Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe]] |
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'''Elio Di Rupo''' (born [[18 July]], [[1951]] in [[Morlanwelz]]) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[socialist]] politician and the President of the Socialist Party. |
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==Biography== |
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Elio Di Rupo is the son of [[Italian people|Italian]] immigrants. His father died when he was one year old, and his mother had to take care of the seven children. For financial reasons, three of the children had to placed in an [[orphanage]], located at a kilometre's distance of where the family lived in Morlanwelz. |
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'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Day's Gap|Day's Gap]]''' - [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[cavalry]] under [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] skirmished with [[mule]]-mounted [[Union Army|Federal]] raiders under [[Abel Streight]] in [[Cullman County, Alabama]], but were repulsed by his rear guard units as the raiders escaped toward [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |
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He graduated as a chemist at the [[Université de Mons-Hainaut]] (UMH) and a PhD from the same University. He started his professional career at the Université de Mons-Hainaut. |
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'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Snyder's Bluff|Snyder's Bluff]]''' - As the [[Union Army|Union]] main body crossed the [[Mississippi River]] below [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]] at [[Battle of Grand Gulf|Grand Gulf]], infantry under [[William T. Sherman]] attacked northern approaches to hold [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] defenders inside the [[Siege of Vicksburg|Vicksburg]] fortifications |
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==Political career== |
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'''[[1864]]''' - '''[[Battle of Jenkins' Ferry|Jenkins' Ferry]]''' - [[Frederick Steele|Frederick Steele's]] [[Union Army|Union]] [[Camden Expedition]] columns were attacked repeatedly while trying to cross the [[Saline River]] in [[Grant County, Arkansas]], but [[Edmund Kirby Smith|Kirby Smith]] deployed his units piecemeal |
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He started his political career as an attache at the cabinet of [[Jean-Maurice Dehousse]] in 1980-1981. |
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Elio Di Rupo is the leader of one of the two [[Belgium|Belgian]] socialist parties, the [[French Community of Belgium|French-speaking]] [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|Parti Socialiste]] (PS), and one of [[Belgium]]'s most powerful [[politician]]s. |
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Elio Di Rupo is a flamboyant left-winger, and is widely considered to have played a major part in the resurgence of the PS. He is widely known to always wear red [[bow tie]]s. |
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'''[[1862]]''' - '''[[Battle of New Orleans (Civil War)|New Orleans]]''' - [[Union Army|Union]] infantry under [[Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician) | Benjamin Butler]] occupied the city, which surrendered without fighting |
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His political career started in 1982. He is a deputy (MP) for the [[Arrondissement of Mons]] in the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives]]. He once described [[François Mitterrand]] as being "a character from a novel". <ref>[http://www.lalibre.be/article.phtml?id=10&subid=90&art_id=113309&folder_id=125 Elio, tout simplement], article from [[La Libre Belgique]], April 22, 2003</ref> |
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'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Chalk Bluff|Chalk Bluff]]''' - [[William Vandever]], commanding the 2nd Division of the [[Union Army|Union]] [[Army of the Frontier]], was repulsed in an attempt to prevent [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[cavalry]] under [[John S. Marmaduke]] from crossing the [[St. Francis River]] |
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He became [[burgomaster]] of [[Mons]], capital of the province of [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]], in 2000. |
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'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]]''' - [[Joseph Hooker]], commanding the [[Army of the Potomac]], pulled back after initial success against the [[Army of Northern Virginia]]; later he confessed, "I just lost confidence in Joe Hooker" |
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In October 2005, he became [[List of Ministers-President of the Walloon Region|Minister-President of the Walloon Region]] after [[Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe]] resigned amid a corruption scandal, involving several members of Di Rupo's party. Di Rupo continued as party leader though, and has had to deal with the PS's [[ICDI affair|ICDI scandal]] that emerged in May 2006. |
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'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Port Gibson|Port Gibson]]''' - With two of his three Federal corps assembled on dry ground south of [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]], [[Ulysses S. Grant]] pushed northeastward along the Bayou Pierre attempting to flank [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] prepared fortifications at [[Battle of Grand Gulf|Grand Gulf]] |
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In 2006 and 2007, Di Rupo and its party appeared unsuccessful in trying to clean out corruption. This was probably instrumental in the party losing its first place amongst French-speaking parties [[Belgian general election, 2007|2007 federal election]] <ref>The party loses 20% of its seats at the Chamber of Representatives, see also [http://socialistworld.net/eng/2007/06/22belg.html this article] that analysis the impact on socialists</ref>. Di Rupo then decided to take a firmer stance against corruption in Charleroi: he virtually took control of the city's socialist party and ordered the socialist [[mayor]] and [[alderman|aldermen]]s to resign <ref>See article from [http://www.vrtnieuws.net/cm/flandersnews.be/News/2.728/070611_charleroi VRT News] and [http://www.lalibre.be/article.phtml?id=10&subid=90&art_id=353750 La Libre Belgique]</ref>. |
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'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]]''' - After commanding the successful surprise attack on [[Oliver O. Howard|Oliver O. Howard's]] [[XI Corps (ACW)|XI Corps]] and rolling up the [[Union Army|Union Army's]] right flank, [[Stonewall Jackson]] was struck down by friendly fire while returning from scouting; he succumbed to pneumonia eight days later |
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After former PS president [[Guy Spitaels]] urged him to choose between the presidency of the party and of the [[Walloon Region]], Di Rupo decided to organize internal elections for party president in July 2007 rather than in October and announced that he would resign from his mandate as Minister-President if reelected. On July 11, 2007, Di Rupo was reelected president of the Socialist Party with 89.5% of the votes <ref>See this [http://www.ps.be/Source/PageContent.aspx?ParentID=1282&MenID=4126&EntID=1 press release] and [http://www.lalibre.be/article.phtml?id=10&subid=90&art_id=359215 La Libre Belgique]</ref> |
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'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Fredericksburg II|Fredericksburg]]''' - [[Union Army|Union]] commander [[John Sedgwick]] pushed his reinforced [[VI Corps (ACW)|VI Corps]] across the [[Rappahannock River]] and up Marye's Heights |
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*{{fr icon}} [http://www.leblogdelio.be/ Official blog of Elio Di Rupo] |
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'''[[1862]]''' - '''[[Battle of Yorktown (1862)|Yorktown]]''' - Early in the morning, [[Samuel P. Heintzelman]] ascended in an observation balloon and found [[Confederate States Army|Confederates]] had evacuated their earthworks |
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'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Salem Church|Salem Church]]''' - Union [[VI Corps (ACW)|VI Corps]] assaults were repulsed with heavy casualties; after dark, Sedgwick withdrew across two pontoon bridges at Scott’s Dam |
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==References== |
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*{{fr icon}} [http://dirupo.wallonie.be/site/LeMinistrePresident.asp?DocID=330&v1ID=&RevID=&namePage=&pageParent= Elio Di Rupo] |
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*{{fr icon}} [http://gov.wallonie.be/code/fr/comp_1.asp Elio Di Rupo] on the website of the Walloon government |
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*{{fr icon}} [http://michelbouffioux.skynetblogs.be/post/4537987/elio-di-rupo-210396 Interview with Di Rupo] |
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*{{nl icon}} [http://www.hln.be/hln/alg/pag/hln_index.jsp?p_page=ps&p_cat=elio_di_rupo&p_scherm=1&p_artid=129188&wt.bron=hlnRPFactfiles Elio Di Rupo] |
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Revision as of 13:06, 11 October 2008
Elio Di Rupo | |
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| Minister-President of the Walloon Region | |
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| Succeeded by | Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe |
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| Born | July 18, 1951 Morlanwelz (Hainaut) |
| Political party | Parti Socialiste |
| Occupation | politician |
Elio Di Rupo (born 18 July, 1951 in Morlanwelz) is a Belgian socialist politician and the President of the Socialist Party.
Biography
Elio Di Rupo is the son of Italian immigrants. His father died when he was one year old, and his mother had to take care of the seven children. For financial reasons, three of the children had to placed in an orphanage, located at a kilometre's distance of where the family lived in Morlanwelz.
He graduated as a chemist at the Université de Mons-Hainaut (UMH) and a PhD from the same University. He started his professional career at the Université de Mons-Hainaut.
Political career
He started his political career as an attache at the cabinet of Jean-Maurice Dehousse in 1980-1981.
Elio Di Rupo is the leader of one of the two Belgian socialist parties, the French-speaking Parti Socialiste (PS), and one of Belgium's most powerful politicians.
Elio Di Rupo is a flamboyant left-winger, and is widely considered to have played a major part in the resurgence of the PS. He is widely known to always wear red bow ties.
His political career started in 1982. He is a deputy (MP) for the Arrondissement of Mons in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. He once described François Mitterrand as being "a character from a novel". [1]
He became burgomaster of Mons, capital of the province of Hainaut, in 2000.
In October 2005, he became Minister-President of the Walloon Region after Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe resigned amid a corruption scandal, involving several members of Di Rupo's party. Di Rupo continued as party leader though, and has had to deal with the PS's ICDI scandal that emerged in May 2006.
In 2006 and 2007, Di Rupo and its party appeared unsuccessful in trying to clean out corruption. This was probably instrumental in the party losing its first place amongst French-speaking parties 2007 federal election [2]. Di Rupo then decided to take a firmer stance against corruption in Charleroi: he virtually took control of the city's socialist party and ordered the socialist mayor and aldermens to resign [3].
After former PS president Guy Spitaels urged him to choose between the presidency of the party and of the Walloon Region, Di Rupo decided to organize internal elections for party president in July 2007 rather than in October and announced that he would resign from his mandate as Minister-President if reelected. On July 11, 2007, Di Rupo was reelected president of the Socialist Party with 89.5% of the votes [4]
External links
Notes
- ^ Elio, tout simplement, article from La Libre Belgique, April 22, 2003
- ^ The party loses 20% of its seats at the Chamber of Representatives, see also this article that analysis the impact on socialists
- ^ See article from VRT News and La Libre Belgique
- ^ See this press release and La Libre Belgique
References
- Template:Fr icon Elio Di Rupo
- Template:Fr icon Elio Di Rupo on the website of the Walloon government
- Template:Fr icon Interview with Di Rupo
- Template:Nl icon Elio Di Rupo