| François-Xavier de Donnea | |
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| De Donnea (left) with Commercial Diplomat Colin Evans | |
| Minister-President of Brussels | |
| In office 18 October 2000 – 6 June 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Jacques Simonet |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Ducarme |
| Mayor of Brussels | |
| In office 21 May 1995 – 18 October 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Freddy Thielemans |
| Succeeded by | Freddy Thielemans |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 April 1941 Edegem, Belgium |
| Political party | Reformist Movement |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Louvain University of California, Berkeley Erasmus University, Rotterdam |
François Xavier Gustave Marie Joseph Corneille Hubert, Knight de Donnea de Hamoir (born on 29 April 1941[1] in Edegem, Antwerp) is a Belgian politician and a former mayor of the City of Brussels and Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region.
He was also the defence minister and minister of the Brussels-Capital Region in the government Martens-IV from 1985 to 1988. He's currently a member of the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives for the political party MR.
In 2006 he became a board member of WildlifeDirect.
On 17 July 2008 he was one of three senior Belgian politicians commissioned by King Albert II to investigate ways of enabling constitutional reform talks in the light of the long-running Belgian constitutional crisis.[2]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Freddy Thielemans |
Mayor of Brussels 1995–2000 |
Succeeded by Freddy Thielemans |
| Preceded by Jacques Simonet |
Minister-President of Brussels 2000–2003 |
Succeeded by Daniel Ducarme |