Charles Picqué
Charles Picqué (born November 1, 1948 in Etterbeek ) is a Belgian politician of the Parti Socialiste (PS). He was Prime Minister of the Brussels-Capital Region until the beginning of 2013 . In addition to various other ministerial posts, he had already held this office for three legislative terms (1989–1995, 1995–1999 and 2004–2009). Today Picqué is President of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region and Mayor of Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis (Brussels).
Life
After graduating from secondary school at the Collège Saint-Michel, he studied economics at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in 1973.
Charles Picqué began his political career in the local council elections in 1982, in which he was elected to the council of mayors and aldermen of the municipality of Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis . He took over the office of lay judge and was thus responsible for town planning . When the mayor of Saint-Gilles resigned in 1985, Picqué also took over this office, which he still holds today (2012), albeit with restrictions because of his office as minister.
Picqué was particularly interested in the subject of spatial planning and urban planning in Brussels , and in the following years he was able to distinguish himself as one of the most convinced representatives of the autonomy of Brussels in the Belgian federal state . When the Brussels-Capital Region was founded (1989), Picqué took over the post of Prime Minister, which he held until 1999.
In 1999 he was appointed government commissioner in charge of metropolitan politics . From 2000 to 2003 he was then Federal Minister of Economics and Science under Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt .
From 2004 to 2013 Picqué was again Prime Minister of the Brussels Region. He handed this office over to his party colleague Rudi Vervoort (PS) in May 2013 . After the federal and regional elections on May 25, 2014, Charles Picqué was elected to the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region and took over the chairmanship there.
His tenure as Prime Minister of the Brussels-Capital Region was mainly characterized by strong impulses in urban regeneration and social cohesion. This included the redesign of the area around the Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid train station . In 2007 he launched an international development program ( Plan de Développement International (PDI), Plan voor de Internationale Ontwikkeling (PIO)) for Brussels so that the city can fulfill its role as an international location and capital of Belgium and Europe .
Overview of political offices
- 1983 - 1985: Alderman of the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis
- 1985 - today : Mayor of Saint-Gilles (partially prevented)
- 1985-1987: Provincial Council of the former Province of Brabant
- 1987 - 1990: Member of the Chamber of Deputies (partially prevented)
- 1988-1989: Minister of Social Affairs and Health of the French Community
- 1989 - 1999: Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (partially prevented)
- 1989 - 1995: Prime Minister of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for spatial planning, local authorities, employment and urban renewal
- 1995 - 1999: Member of the Parliament of the French Community (partially prevented)
- 1995 - 1999: Prime Minister of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for local authorities, employment and monument protection; also Minister of the French Community for Culture
- 1999 - 2004: Member of the Chamber of Deputies (partially prevented)
- 1999 - 2000: Federal Government Commissioner, in charge of metropolitan politics in the Verhofstadt I government
- 2000 - 2003: Federal Minister of Economics and Science, entrusted with the politics of the big cities in the Verhofstadt I government
- 2004 - today : Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (partially prevented)
- 2004 - 2009: Prime Minister of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for local authorities, spatial planning, monument protection, urban renewal, housing, public cleanliness, foreign trade and development cooperation
- 2009 - 2013: Prime Minister of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for local authorities and spatial planning
- 2014 - today : President of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
Web links
- Official website of the Prime Minister of the Brussels-Capital Region (French / Dutch)
- Personal website of Charles Picqué (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Picqué, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis |