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* 1990-1992: Member of the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe|Parliamentary Assembly]] of the [[Council of Europe]] and the Assembly of the [[WEU]] |
* 1990-1992: Member of the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe|Parliamentary Assembly]] of the [[Council of Europe]] and the Assembly of the [[WEU]] |
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* 1999-2000: Secretary of State for Foreign Trade |
* 1999-2000: Secretary of State for Foreign Trade |
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* since 2003: Directly |
* since 2003: Directly elected [[Senator]] for the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] electoral college |
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* presently Pierre Chevalier is also a special envoy for the [[OSCE]] |
* presently Pierre Chevalier is also a special envoy for the [[OSCE]] |
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Pierre Chevalier | |
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| Born | Pierre Antoine Marie Chevalier 8 October 1952 |
| Nationality |  Belgium |
| Occupation | politician |
Pierre Antoine Marie Chevalier (born 8 October 1952 in Bruges) is a Belgian politician and member of the VLD. He is a former Secretary of State in the Belgian Federal Government and was elected to the Belgian Senate in 2003 by the Dutch electoral college. He is also a freemason.[citation needed] He studied Laws and Criminology at the University of Ghent before he became a lawyer. He became involved in politics early on, first as a Trotskyist, as a socialist later on, and since 1992 as a liberal. In October 2000, he was forced to resign as Secretary of State by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, who is also a member of the VLD, after it became public that he had been named in a criminal investigation in Switzerland.
Political career
- 1985-2003: Member of the Chamber of Representatives
- 1988-1989: Secretary of State for Education
- 1989-1990: Secretary of State for Science Policy
- 1990-1992: Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of the WEU
- 1999-2000: Secretary of State for Foreign Trade
- since 2003: Directly elected Senator for the Dutch electoral college
- presently Pierre Chevalier is also a special envoy for the OSCE
External links
- Pierre Chevalier - (Only available in Dutch)
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