Pieter De Crem

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.

The blogs controversy.

Working in New York, Mrs Lubbe Bakker a Flemish barmaid, did recognized him in her workplace. And on 18 November 2008, she described his behaviour in her blog as shocking with him trying to sneak drinks behind the bar. One of his employees did call her boss and she has then been fired. Questioned by the Belgian parliament on the matter Mrs Lubbe has answered with a speech about the danger that blogs represent for politicians.

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)

External links

Website of Pieter De Crem

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[1] "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)

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