Élie Deworme

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Élie Deworme (born April 9, 1932 in Ellezelles , Hainaut province ) is a former Belgian politician of the Belgian Socialist Party (BSP) and most recently the Parti Socialiste (PS), who was minister and state secretary in several governments of Prime Minister Wilfried Martens .

Life

Studies, teaching and local politician

After attending school, Deworme was a literature teacher at the École Normale in Nivelles and in 1952 began studying pedagogy at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). In addition, he was from 1957 to 1962, first teacher and then headmaster until 1962 in Lessines . After completing his studies with a degree in education in 1962, he was initially a consultant at the Psychological Center in Brussels , before he took up a professorship in psycho-pedagogy at the École Normale de l'État in Virton in 1963, where he taught until 1973.

In the mid-1960s Deworme began his political career in local politics and represented the Belgian Socialist Party (BSP) in the municipal council of Ethe-Belmont from 1965 to 1972 and was at the same time mayor of this place. In 1972 he was briefly a member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Luxembourg and then between 1972 and 1978 Permanent Deputy of the Provincial Council of the Province of Namur .

Senator, Minister and State Secretary

At the beginning of 1979 Deworme became a member of the Senate of Belgium for the first time and represented the province of Namur there until 1981. and then between 1981 and 1985 the province of Liège .

On May 18, 1980, Prime Minister Wilfried Martens appointed him Minister for Public Works in his third government , of which he was a member until October 22, 1980. He then took over the post of State Secretary for the Walloon Region in the fourth Martens government on October 22, 1980 and was attached to the Minister for the Walloon Region, Jean-Maurice Dehousse , with responsibility for water, urbanism, spatial planning and the environment . At the same time he was a member of the newly created Regional Council of the Walloon Region between 1980 and 1981. After Guy Spitaels succeeded André Cools as chairman of the Walloon Parti Socialiste (PS), which emerged from the Belgian Socialist Party in 1981 , Deworme resigned from his post as State Secretary and was replaced by Guy Coëme .

Later involvement in local politics and federal government

Deworme, who from 1981 to 1985. Member of the Senate for the province of Liege , was in the mid-1980s involved more strongly in local politics and was from 1983 to 1994 Member of the town of Virton and from January 1983 to October 1988 Alderman (Assistant) of Virton for public works, buildings, administration and sports.

May 10, 1988 was Deworme, who was the Senate for the province of Luxembourg 1985-1987 Member and until April 12, 1995 the Senate as a directly elected Member for since December 1987 arrondissements Arlon , Bastogne and Marche-en-Famenne belonged , reappointed to the Belgian federal government by Prime Minister Martens. He served from May 10, 1988 to March 7, 1992 in the eighth and ninth Martens governments as State Secretary for Energy and was attached to the Minister of Economic Affairs, Willy Claes , in this position .

In the municipal council elections of October 9, 1988, Deworme was elected as the first socialist mayor of Virton and held this office until June 1992, where he suspended the office during his membership in the federal government between October 1988 and March 1992 and this by his deputy was perceived. In addition to his membership in the Senate, he was again a member of the Regional Council of the Walloon Region from 1988 to 1995.

In addition to his political activities, he has been involved in educational policy for several years and has been a member of the board of directors of the University Foundation of the Province of Luxembourg and promoter of the Collège Européen de Technologie since 1991 . Most recently in 1997 he was president of the Parti Socialiste supervisory commission.

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SURNAME Deworme, Élie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian politician (PS)
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellezelles , Hainaut Province , Belgium