José Daras (born 28 May 1948 in

Malonne Malonne (; ; ) is a sub-municipality of the city of Namur located in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Namur. Geography Malonne lies on the shore of the S ...

) is a Belgian politician and a member of

Ecolo Ecolo (), officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales (, ) is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics. The party is active in Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region. Ecolo's F ...

Early professional career

Before dedicating his life to his political career, José Daras taught

geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

during 10 years.

Political career

He is one of the founder of the green party

, created in 1980.José Daras
Etopia From 1981 to 1999, He was a member of the

Belgian federal parliament The Federal Parliament (; ; ) is the bicameral parliament of Belgium. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house). It sits in the Palace of the Nation in the centre of the nation's capital, Brussels ...

. He was minister of transports, energy and mobility in the

Walloon government The Government of Wallonia (, ) or Walloon Government (, ) is the executive branch of Wallonia and one of the six governments in Belgium. It is located in Namur, where the Parliament of Wallonia is also seated Compositions Current compositi ...

from 1999 to 2004. He was elected as a member of the

Belgian Senate The Senate ( ; ; ) is one of the two chambers of the Bicameralism, bicameral Belgian Federal Parliament, Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium), Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be ...

in 2007.

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1948 births Ecolo politicians Living people Members of the 45th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 46th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 47th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the Senate (Belgium) People from Namur (city) {{Wallonia-politician-stub