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De Crem has faced criticism for visiting a New York City, United States bar on taxpayer money claiming it was for a United Nations meeting. However, his own aides admitted they knew the meeting was cancelled. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/28/when-everyone-is-a-blogger-nothing-you-say-is-off-the-record/|title=When Everyone Is A Blogger, Nothing You Say Is Off The Record|publisher=[[Techcrunch]]|date=[[2008-11-28]]|language=English}}</ref> |
De Crem has faced criticism for visiting a New York City, United States bar on taxpayer money claiming it was for a United Nations meeting. However, his own aides admitted they knew the meeting was cancelled. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/28/when-everyone-is-a-blogger-nothing-you-say-is-off-the-record/|title=When Everyone Is A Blogger, Nothing You Say Is Off The Record|publisher=[[Techcrunch]]|date=[[2008-11-28]]|language=English}}</ref> |
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Allso, while head of defence of the Belgian state, De Crem never serverd in the army, he was exused of conscription by medical reasons. |
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Revision as of 14:40, 1 May 2009
Pieter Frans Norbert Jozef Raymond De Crem (born July 22, 1962 in Aalter) is a Belgian, Flemish politician and member of Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V). He is the current Minister of Defense in the Belgian federal government, i.e. the Leterme I Government, which took office on March 20, 2008. [1] He has been a Member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives since 1995. He headed the CD&V fraction in the Chamber of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. Since 1995, he has been the Mayor of Aalter, in East Flanders.
De Crem became the Belgian minister of defence on December 21, 2007.
Controversy
De Crem has faced criticism for visiting a New York City, United States bar on taxpayer money claiming it was for a United Nations meeting. However, his own aides admitted they knew the meeting was cancelled. [2] Allso, while head of defence of the Belgian state, De Crem never serverd in the army, he was exused of conscription by medical reasons.
References
- ^ "20 March 2008 – Royal Orders. Government – Dismissals – Appointments" (PDF) (in Dutch/French). The Belgian Official Journal. 2008-03-21. pp. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
{{cite web}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "When Everyone Is A Blogger, Nothing You Say Is Off The Record". Techcrunch. 2008-11-28.
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