François Roelants du Vivier
Belgian politician (born 1947)
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François Marie Gabriel André Charles-Ferdinand Roelants du Vivier (born 5 November 1947) is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo and later the FDF (Francophone Democratic Federalists).
François Roelants du Vivier | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 2000 – June 2009 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 November 1947 (age 78) |
| Party | Francophone Democratic Federalists (FDF) |
Other political affiliations | Ecolo |
| Website | www.roelantsduvivier.be |
He is part of the political family Nothomb; his grandfather is Pierre Nothomb and his ancestors include Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, who helped draft the Belgian Constitution and served as Prime Minister.[1]
Roelants du Vivier started his career in Ecolo, and was a Member of the European Parliament elected in 1984 and serving until 1989.
In 1988 he started the Europe-Régions-Environnement (ERE) movement after leaving Ecolo. In 1993, he announced that he would found a new party, a Belgian equivalent of the French Génération Écologie and the German Realos inside the German Greens.[2] Under the electoral alliance FDF-ERE, he was elected to the Brussels Parliament in the 1989 elections. He was re-elected 1995, 1999 and 2004. From 2000 until 2009 he also served in the Parliament of the French Community and the Senate as community senator.[3]
From 1994 until 2000 he was also municipal councillor in Uccle.
