Antoinette Spaak
Antoinette M. Spaak (born June 27, 1928 in Etterbeek near Brussels ; † August 28, 2020 ) was a Belgian politician . She studied philosophy and literature at the Université Libre de Bruxelles .
family
She is the daughter of the former Belgian Prime Minister and NATO General Secretary Paul-Henri Spaak . Her grandmother was the suffragette and first Belgian Senator Marie Spaak . Her grandfather Paul-Émile Janson was also Prime Minister of Belgium.
Spaak lived in Brussels, was married and has two children.
Political career
She grew up in one of the leading political families in Belgium. After the death of her father, she took over his role in the Front démocratique des francophones (FDF) and was its party leader from 1977 to 1982. She was the first woman to head a political party in Belgium. She was a member of the European Parliament from 1977 to 1982 and again from 1994 to 1999. Between 1982 and 2001 she was a councilor in Elsene .
She was the head of the francophone community in Belgium from 1988 to 1992. In the 1990s, she and Louis Michel were the driving force behind the merger of the FDF with the Parti Réformateur Libéral (PRL) and the Mouvement des citoyens pour le changement (MCC) Mouvement Réformateur (MR).
Honorary positions
From 1983 Spaak was Minister of State / Ministre d'Etat . In Belgium this is an honorary title which, in special cases, is bestowed by the king for life. The State Ministers are not members of the Council of Ministers. She was a member of the board of the "Fondation Spaak" and belonged to the order of the Belgian King Leopold II as a grand officer .
Web links
- Appointment decision for the Francophone Community of Belgium
- Entry on Antoinette Spaak in the database of Members of the European Parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.grenzecho.net/41079/artikel/2020-08-29/antoinette-spaak-mit-92-jahren-gestorben
- ^ Fondation Spaak ( Memento of March 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spaak, Antoinette |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spaak, Antoinette M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian politician, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Etterbeek near Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 2020 |