Herbert Grommes

Herbert Grommes (born September 6, 1965 in Schönberg ) is a Belgian lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Party (CSP) who is active in local politics in Sankt Vith in the German-speaking community .

biography

Grommes studied law and made herein be licentiate at the UCL in New lion and the Institut Saint-Louis (Brussels) and makes a licentiate as interpreter at the Institut Libre Marie Haps in Brussels . Grommes then worked in the investment fund sector in Luxembourg and then headed the investment fund legal department of a French bank. He was State Secretary under the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Melchior Wathelet . In October 1994 he was elected to the parish council of Sankt Vith . In May 1995, Grommes also entered the parliament of the German-speaking Community as a candidate for the CSP , where he held his mandate for the CSP until June 2004. In June 2004 he was elected to the Walloon Parliament in the Verviers district. In May 2008, Grommes became a lay judge (échevin) in Sankt Vith. In 2009 he was not re-elected to the Walloon Parliament, but he won a seat in the Parliament of the German-speaking Community for the CSP. From 2010 to 2014 he worked in the Walloon government, first under Agriculture Minister Benoît Lutgen and then under Finance Minister André Antoine . Due to the election failure of the Center Démocrate Humaniste , he did not achieve a mandate in the Walloon parliament in 2014 either, but he did get into the parliament of the German-speaking community again. In addition, he remained a lay judge in Sankt Vith. Here he ran in the local elections in 2018 as a mayoral candidate for a "New Citizens' Alliance", with which he won 55 percent of the vote. On December 3, 2018, he replaced the previous mayor Christian Krings in his office.

Web links

• Herbert Grommes, short biography on the Connaître la Wallonie website (French). Paul Delforge, December 2014
• Herbert Grommes, Mayor (presentation on the website of the city of Sankt Vith)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Herbert Grommes becomes the new mayor of St. Vith. In St. Vith, the "New Citizens' Alliance" with top candidate Herbert Grommes achieved an absolute majority. It received 55 percent of the vote, has 13 seats in the new city council and does not need a coalition partner. Belgian Broadcasting , October 14, 2018.
2. ↑ 21 oaths before a full audience in St. Vith. Grenz-Echo , December 3, 2018.