Paul De Keersmaeker
Paul PMH Baron De Keersmaeker (born July 14, 1929 in Kobbegem , Asse , Province of Flemish Brabant ) is a Belgian politician of the Christelijke People's Party (CVP), who was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for 27 years and State Secretary for European Affairs and Agriculture for ten years several governments of Prime Minister Wilfried Martens was.
Life
De Keersmaeker completed after the visit of of Jesuit -run Sint-Jozef College in Aalst studying law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven . After graduating with a licentiate and a doctorate in law , he started working as a notary .
He began his political career in local politics and was mayor of his native city of Kobbegem between 1959 and 1976 .
On March 31, 1968 De Keersmaeker was elected for the first time as a member of the Chamber of Deputies and represented in it until April 12, 1995 for more than 27 years what was then the arrondissement of Brussels . After the sub-municipalities of Bekkerzeel, Kobbegem, Mollem, Relegem and Zellik were amalgamated, he became the first mayor of the newly formed municipality of Asse in 1977 and held this office until he was replaced by Herman Van Elsen in 1984.
In the 1979 European elections he was elected a member of the European Parliament and was a member of it for the first electoral term until 1981.
Subsequently, De Keersmaeker was appointed to Prime Minister Wilfried Martens' fifth government on December 17, 1981 and served as Secretary of State for European Affairs and Agriculture for more than ten years until the end of the Martens government's term of office on March 7, 1992 assigned to the respective foreign minister .
De Keersmaeker, who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold and the First Class Citizens' Medal for his longstanding political services , worked in the private sector after retiring from political life and was among other things director of the brewery group Anheuser-Busch InBev .
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies
- Entry for Paul De Keersmaeker in the European Parliament 's database of MEPs
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| SURNAME | De Keersmaeker, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Keersmaeker, Paul PMH Baron (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian politician (CVP), MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kobbegem , Asse , Flemish Brabant Province , Belgium |