Karl-Heinz Lambertz (born 4 June 1952) is a Belgian politician holding a master's degree in law from the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) with an additional specialisation in German law ( University of Heidelberg). Lambertz was president of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) from 12 July 2017 until 12 February 2020 after serving a -year term as first vice-president. He is also president of the

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of the

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. Born on 4 June 1952 in Schoppen, Lambertz' interest in politics came early in his career, having served a
President of the German-speaking Youth Council
(1975–1980). After a number of functions linked to his academic background in law, he became a member of Parliament for the German-speaking Community in 1981. Between 1990 and 1999, he held numerous ministerial posts in the German-speaking Community government before bein

(1999–2014). In 2014, he became President of the Parliament for the first time, a post he held until 2016 befor

In June 2019, he resumed office as president of the Parliament, a position which he holds today. Lambertz has been
CoR member since 2001
and was president of the CoR's PES Group between 2011 and 2015. Since 2000, he has been a member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, in which he is currently vice-president. On 17 July 2008, he was one of three senior Belgian politicians commissioned by King Albert II to investigate ways of enabling constitutional reform talks in the light of the long-running Belgian constitutional crisis.

Honours

* 2014: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown.

Honours

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