Roger Delizée

Roger Delizée

Roger Delizée (born March 1, 1935 in Oignies-en-Thiérache , Viroinval , Namur Province ; † March 11, 1998 in Viroinval, Namur Province) was a Belgian politician of the Belgian Workers' Party and most recently the Parti Socialiste (PS), which among others Was State Secretary in the eighth and ninth governments of Prime Minister Wilfried Martens .

Life

Delizée, who was a professional teacher of the German language and a librarian , began his political career in local politics and was initially a member of the local council and Schepen (alderman) and most recently mayor of his native Oignies-en-Thiérache.

On April 17, 1977 he was elected as a candidate of the Belgian Labor Party for the first time as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Belgium and represented the interests of the Arrondissement Dinant and the Arrondissement Philippeville until April 12, 1995 , where he became a member of the Belgian Labor Party in 1978 Walloon Parti Socialiste (PS) was.

Following the amalgamation of the municipalities of Dourbes, Le Mesnil, Mazée, Nismes, Oignies-en-Thiérache, Olloy-sur-Viroin, Treignes and Vierves-sur-Viroin in 1977, he succeeded Fernande Perlaux as Mayor of Viroinval in 1983 and held this office until he was replaced by Michel Jamme in 1986.

On May 9, 1988, Delizée was appointed by Prime Minister Wilfried Martens as State Secretary for Public Health and Disability Policy in his eighth cabinet and held this position in the ninth Martens government until March 7, 1992. As such he was attached to the Minister of Social Affairs Philippe Busquin . At the same time he was responsible for the National Fund for Social Reintegration for the Disabled and as such reported to the Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises , Melchior Wathelet .

Delizée was also temporarily vice-president and secretary of the Council of the Walloon Region (Conseil régional wallon) , from which the present-day Walloon Parliament emerged. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Leopold and the First Class Citizen Medal for his longstanding political services . After his death in 2001, the rue Roger Delizée was inaugurated in the parish of his birth, Oignies-en-Thiérache .

His son Jean-Marc Delizée was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies and State Secretary for Poverty Reduction in the Leterme I and Van Rompuy Governments and State Secretary for Social Affairs and Persons with Disabilities in the Van Rompuy and Leterme II Governments .

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies