Pieter De Crem
Pieter De Crem | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Defence | |
| Assumed office December 21, 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Yves Leterme |
| Preceded by | André Flahaut |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| In office June 8, 1995 – December 21, 2007 | |
| Chair of the Parliamentary Party - GPV House of Representatives | |
| In office February 14, 2001 – March 13, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Gert Schutte |
| Succeeded by | Party Disbanded |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office May 14, 1989 – May 23, 2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pieter Frans Norbert Jozef Raymond De Crem July 22, 1962 Aalter, Belgium |
| Political party | CD&V |
| Spouse | Caroline Bergez |
| Residence(s) | Aalter, Belgium |
| Alma mater | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | [1] [2] |
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 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.
Education
Master of Romanic Philology at KUL – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven) Master of European and international Law at VUB – Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels)
Language proficiency: Pieter De Crem is Dutch native speaker. He speaks and writes fluently in French, English, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. He also has a basic ability of Russian.
Controversy
De Crem has faced criticism for visiting a New York bar with taxpayers' money, claiming it was for a United Nations meeting. However, his own aides admitted they knew the meeting was cancelled.[1] Also, while head of defence of the Belgian state, De Crem never served in the army, he was excused of conscription by medical reasons. He is currently mayor of Aalter, like his father before him. This results in the Aalter town hall being called 'the Cremlin'.[citation needed]
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