Rudi Vervoort

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Rudi Vervoort (born November 20, 1958 in Sint-Agatha-Berchem ) is a Belgian politician ( PS ) from Brussels . Since May 2013 he has been Prime Minister of the Brussels-Capital Region .

Origin and education

Rudi Vervoort grew up in Evere , a municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region. As the son of a French-speaking mother and a Dutch-speaking father (sergeant in the Air Force), he speaks French and Dutch.

Rudi Vervoort is a lawyer with a degree in law (ULB) and lives in Evere.

Political career

Vervoort has been Mayor of Evere since February 1998 . Politically, he is a member of the French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) and was its vice-president from 2012 to 2013. Furthermore, since June 29, 1999, he has been a member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region and a parliamentary group leader ("President") of the PS Group. Since July 6, 2004 he has also been a member of the Parliament of the French Community .

On May 7, 2013, when he swore the oath, Rudi Vervoort took over the office of Prime Minister of the Brussels Capital Region as the successor to Charles Picqué , who first held this office in 1989.

This was surprising because Vervoort had considered his party colleague Laurette Onkelinx as a "natural candidate to succeed Picqué" in the discussion about the successor to Picqué in June 2011 . With his strong support for Onkelinx, he left no doubt that the other two candidates, Kir and Mayeur, were out of the question for him. But Picqué himself found Vervoort more suitable for the sensitive task of the Brussels Prime Minister, because he wanted him as his successor.

Rudi Vervoort's announcement made headlines in Flemish newspapers that in future every student who leaves school in Brussels should be able to speak at least French and Dutch, the city's two official languages. This has met with a positive response in Flanders, as the French speakers have so far been rather indifferent to this question and paper and reality have not been in line for a long time. However, in view of the changes in recent years and the fact that many Brussels families now speak neither French nor Dutch, this initiative by the Prime Minister is also intended to strengthen the Belgian feeling of belonging.

However, Rudi Vervoort sees his initiative primarily against the background of high youth unemployment, which he regards as a priority task to combat. He is convinced that many more Walloons and French-speaking Brussels residents could find work if they could speak both national languages, especially in the Brussels region. However, he admits that there are still major reservations on the French-speaking side, so that a thick board needs to be drilled here and quick results are unlikely to be expected. However, he is confident because he has already noticed the first signs of a change of heart.

Web links

Commons : Rudi Vervoort  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 'Rudi Vervoort wordt minister-president' , Nov. 27, 2012, brusselnieuws.be
  2. ↑ Rudi Vervoort volgt Charles Picqué op aan het hoofd van de Brusselse regering 07/05/2013 parlbruparl.irisnet.be
  3. ↑ Brussels: Picqué is leaving, Vervoort is coming ( Memento of the original of May 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Fri 03/05/2013, deredactie.be @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deredactie.be
  4. ↑ Laurette Onkelinx nieuwe minister-president van Brussel? , Article of June 3, 2013 at: vandaag.be
  5. ↑ Vervoort scoort met tweetalig onderwijs , article from May 14, 2013 in De Standaard
  6. ↑ Vervoort: "Ik wil vechten voor tweetalig onderwijs in Brussel" , article of May 16, 2013 in De Morgen
personal data
SURNAME Vervoort, Rudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Sint-Agatha-Berchem