Armand De Decker

Armand De Decker

President of the Senate
In office 12 July 2007 – 20 July 2010
Preceded by	Anne-Marie Lizin
Succeeded by	Danny Pieters
In office 14 June 1999 – 20 July 2004
Preceded by	Frank Swaelen
Succeeded by	Anne-Marie Lizin
Personal details
Born	8 October 1948 (1948-10-08) (age 63) Uccle, Belgium
Political party	Reformist Movement
Alma mater	Free University of Brussels, French
Website	Official website

Armand De Decker, born in Uccle, 8 October 1948, is a Belgian politician and member of the French-speaking liberal party Mouvement Réformateur (MR).

De Decker studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and practised law.

Political career

In 1981 he was elected for the Parti Réformateur Libéral to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives where he served until 1995.
In 1995 he was elected to the Belgian Senate, and re-elected in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2010.^[1]
- From 1999 to 2003, and from 2007 to 2010, he was President of the Senate.
- Since 2010, he is second Vice-President of the Senate. The President is Danny Pieters of the New Flemish Alliance).
He served as president of the council of the Brussels-Capital Region from 1995 to 1999.
From 20 July 2004 to 12 July 2007, De Decker has served as the minister responsible for Development Cooperation in the Belgian Federal Government.
He is mayor of Uccle.

Notes

^ "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate. http://www.senate.be/www/?MIval=/index_senate&MENUID=11200&LANG=nl. Retrieved 10 June 2009.

Political offices
Preceded by Frank Swaelen	President of the Senate 1999–2004	Succeeded by Anne-Marie Lizin
Preceded by Anne-Marie Lizin	President of the Senate 2007–2010	Succeeded by Danny Pieters

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Name	De Decker, Armand
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Date of birth	8 October 1948
Place of birth	Uccle, Belgium
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