Louis Siquet

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Louis Siquet (born August 9, 1946 in Büllingen ) is a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party (SP). He has been a member of the Council or Parliament of the German-speaking Community since 1997 , of which he was President from 2004 to 2010, and was the Senator of the German-speaking Community until 2014 .

Life

After finishing secondary school, Louis Siquet received administrative training in social legislation. He then worked as a social worker and head of office.

His political career began in 1997 as a member of the Council (now Parliament) of the German-speaking Community, when he succeeded Karl-Heinz Lambertz (SP), who was then a minister in the community government . After the parliamentary elections in 1999, Siquet retained his place in the DG Parliament and at the same time became the first representative of the German-speaking community in the (federal) Senate.

He held this mandate until the 2004 community elections. Afterwards he was elected President of the DG Parliament, while Berni Collas ( PFF ) became the Community Senator . After the sudden death of Collas, however, the positions within the governing coalition were re-filled, so that Louis Siquet was re-elected as Senator of the German-speaking Community on February 1, 2010, while the office of Parliament President went to Ferdel Schröder (PFF).

Louis Siquet's parliamentary work focused in particular on the problem of cross-border commuters between Belgium and Germany and Luxembourg . Siquet sparked media interest in 2008 when he and a French-speaking and a Dutch-speaking music producer recorded a song entitled “My Little Belgium” to evoke the unity of the country. He presented a CD to the then Belgian King Albert II at a reception in Brussels.

After the community elections on May 25, 2014 , Siquet was replaced by Alexander Miesen (PFF) as community senator. Since then he has met again as a simple MP.

Louis Siquet is a bearer of the Leopold Order and various civil awards.

Overview of political offices

  • 1997 - today : Member of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community
  • 1999-2004: Senator
  • 2004 - 2010: President of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community
  • 2010-2014: Senator

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SP-DG.be: Contributions of Louis Siquet ( Memento of the original on May 14, 2014 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 10, 2014). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sp-dg.be
  2. ^ Grenz-Echo: Siquet gave the king a CD (edition of January 31, 2008, p. 6).
personal data
SURNAME Siquet, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian politician (SP)
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Büllingen