Rik Torfs

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Henri Maria Dymphna André Laurent "Rik" Torfs (born October 16, 1956 in Turnhout ) is a Belgian canon lawyer and professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven . From 2013 to 2017 he was also its rector.

Life

Academic career

Torfs studied law at the KU Leuven and the University of Strasbourg . After graduating in general law and canon law , Torfs received his doctorate in 1987. He then worked as a research assistant in Leuven before going to Utrecht University as a guest lecturer for a year . In 1988 he returned to Leuven and worked there as an assistant professor . Since 1996 he has held a full chair at the Faculty of Canon Law at the KU Löwen. From 1994 to 2003 and from 2009 to 2013 he was dean of this faculty. He is also a permanent visiting professor at the Universities of Strasbourg, Stellenbosch and Nijmegen . In 2013 he was elected rector of the KU Löwen. He had applied for this position back in 2005, but lost to Marc Vervenne . From August 1, 2017, Luc Sels became rector of the KU Leuven. He was elected as the successor of Torfs on May 9, 2017, when he prevailed with 1,088 votes against the canon lawyer, who received 1,040 votes. He has been a full member of the Academia Europaea since 2015 .

politics

In 2010, the Flemish CD&V Torfs party offered second place on the list of candidates as a senator in the Belgian Senate . Torfs accepted this offer. Thus, he moved into the Belgian Senate in the 2010 elections , which he left again in 2013 to become rector of the KU Leuven.

Publications (selection)

  • De vrouw en het kerkelijk ambt. Analysis in functie van de mensenrechte in Kerk en Staat . Acco, Leuven 1985, ISBN 90-334-1019-2 .
  • Het canonieke huwelijksbegrip . Universitätsverlag, Leuven 1987 (dissertation).
  • Voor het zinken de kerk uit . van Hawelyck, Leuven 2004, ISBN 978-90-5617-566-5 .
  • Het bright vlak . van Hawelyck, Leuven 2008, ISBN 978-90-5617-866-6 .
  • De vrijheid om te twijfelen . van Hawelyck, Leuven 2015, ISBN 978-94-6131-428-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The press review of Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - Open War at Flanders Universities , Belgian Broadcasting , May 10, 2017, last accessed: June 25, 2017.
  2. ^ Directory of members: Rik Torfs. Academia Europaea, accessed on August 19, 2017 .
  3. CD&V Senator Rik Torfs verlaat de politiek on tijd.be, accessed on November 8, 2016.