Freddy Thielemans

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Freddy Thielemans (born September 11, 1944 in Laeken) is a Belgian socialist politician and, since 2001, the current mayor of Brussels. He had previously served as the mayor of Brussels for a period in 1994.

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Freddy Thielemans graduated in Commercial Sciences before working as a teacher in smehigh schools in Brussels. His political career started in 1983 when he worked on the cabinet of Hervé Brouhon, then the mayor of Brussels. He became an alderman for the Parti Socialiste in 1988, and mayor of Brussels between 1994 and 1995. He served in the Brussels Parliament from 1995 until 1999, when he became a member of the European Parliament. After the municipal elections of 2000, he again became the mayor of Brussels from early 2001 on.^[1]

Thielemans has also a seat on the board of the Atomium.

Thielemans is married to Cécile Charles and has two children, Myra and Camille.