Bernard Caprasse (born 24 January 1949) is a Belgian politician. He was governor of the province of

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

from 1996 until 2016. He is a member of the

Centre démocrate humaniste Humanist Democratic Centre (, CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French-speaking political party in Belgium. The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP) which had been the country's governi ...

Biography

Caprasse was born on 24 January 1949 in Lierneux. He obtained a licentiate in law at the

Université catholique de Louvain UCLouvain (or Université catholique de Louvain , French for Catholic University of Louvain, officially in English the University of Louvain) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university and one of the oldest in Europe (originally establishe ...

in 1972. He worked as a lawyer in Brussels from 1972 to 1975, and in

Marche-en-Famenne Marche-en-Famenne (; ; literally "Marche in Famenne") is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The municipality consists of the following districts: Aye, Hargimont, Humain, Marche-en-Famenne, ...

between 1975 and 1996. He became governor of the province of

on 4 June 1996. In January 2015 he announced that he would retire early 2016. Olivier Schmitz was appointed by the Walloon Government as his successor, effective 1 February 2016.

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