Pierre Chevalier (politician)
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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 Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (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 Western European Union
- 1999–2000: Secretary of State for Foreign Trade
- since 2003: Directly elected Senator for the Dutch electoral college
- Pierre Chevalier is a special envoy for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
External links
- Pierre Chevalier - (Only available in Dutch)
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