Armand De Decker
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Preceded byAnne-Marie Lizin
Succeeded byDanny Pieters
Preceded byFrank Swaelen
Succeeded byAnne-Marie Lizin
Armand De Decker | |
|---|---|
 De Decker in 2001 | |
| President of the Senate | |
| In office 12 July 2007 – 20 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Anne-Marie Lizin |
| Succeeded by | Danny Pieters |
| In office 14 July 1999 – 20 July 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Swaelen |
| Succeeded by | Anne-Marie Lizin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1948 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 12 June 2019 (aged 70) Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium |
| Political party | Reformist Movement |
| Alma mater | Université libre de Bruxelles |
| Website | Official website |
Armand De Decker (8 October 1948 – 12 June 2019) was 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. He was also mayor of Uccle between 2006 and 2017. He died on 12 June 2019.[1]
- 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.[2]
- From 1999 to 2003, and from 2007 to 2010, he was President of the Senate.
- Beginning in 2010, he was second vice-president of the senate.
- 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 served as the minister responsible for Development Cooperation in the Belgian Federal Government.
- Until 17 June 2017[3] he was mayor of Uccle.
