Luc Van den Brande (born 13 October 1945) is a Flemish politician, member of the CD&V and was

Minister-president of Flanders The minister-president of Flanders () is the Head of government, head of the Flemish Government, which is the executive branch of the Flemish Region and Flemish Community.See the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. The incumbent o ...

from 21 January 1992 until 13 July 1999. He took the initiative to create the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB). On 6 February 2008 he became President of the

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for a period of two years.

Studies

* Doctor in Law (

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) (1969) * Licence of Notary (

) (1969) * Lawyer,

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Bar (1970–1988)

Political career

Parliamentarian mandates

* Member of the Belgian House of Representatives for the district of

(1977–1991) * Leader of the Christian Democratic group CVP (1985–1988) * Member of the Council of Culture and the Flemish Council (12 May 1977 – 21 May 1995) *

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for the district of Mechelen-Turnhout (1991–1995) * Member of the

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for Mechelen-Turnhout (13 June 1995 – 4 July 1995) (16 July 1999–) * President of the Commission for Foreign and European Affairs (1999–2004) * Member of the Flemish Parliament for the province of Antwerp since June 2004 * Community Senator (13 October 1999–) * Member of the Federal advisory Committee on European Affairs

Governmental functions

* Federal Minister of Employment and Labour (9 May 1988 – 21 January 1992) * President of the Government of Flanders and Minister for Economic Affairs, Small and Medium-Sized Business, Science Policy, Energy and Foreign Relations (21 January 1992 – 30 January 1992) * Minister-President of the Government of Flanders and Minister for Economic Affairs, Small and Medium-Sized Business, Science Policy, Energy and Foreign Relations (30 January 1992 – 20 June 1995) * Minister-President of the Government of Flanders, Minister for Foreign Policy, European Affairs, Science and Technology (20 June 1995 – 13 July 1999)

European mandates and responsibilities

* Member of the Bureau of the Assembly of European Regions (1992–1994) * Vice-president (1994–1996) and president (1996–2000) of the Assembly of European Regions * Member of the Committee of the Regions (since 1994) * Vice-president of the Committee of the Regions (1994–1998) (2000–2002) – Head of the Belgian delegation (2002–2006) * First Vice-president of the Committee of the Regions (2006–2008) * President of the Committee of the Regions of the EU (2008–) * Leader of the Christian Democratic Group in the Advisory Inter-parliamentary Council of the Benelux countries (2000–2008 )

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; , CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergovernmental organisation, represe ...

* Effective member of the

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(2001–) * Vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly (2003–2004) * President of the Group EPP/CD in the Parliamentary Assembly (2005–) and thus also member of the Presidential Committee, the Bureau and the Standing Committee * Effective member of the Political Affaires Committee and the Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commitments by member states, known as the Monitoring Committee; * Member of various subcommittees * Several times rapporteur on various occasions, e.g. monitoring of Turkey and the Russian Federation * Leader of the observatory delegation for the legislative elections and of ''ad hoc'' committees * Representative of the Parliamentarian Assembly at the Committee of Ministers for the negotiations concerning the MOU between the Council and the UE * President of the Council for Democratic Elections of the Venice Commission

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* Effective member of the Assembly of the Western European Union (2001–2009)

Other representations

* Co-President of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM)(2010–) * Extraordinary Professor on Politic institutions – KU Leuven (2000–2005) * President Flanders Technology International * President Lemmens Institute * President International Association Anton van Wilderode

Political and social interest

* General politics, economic, scientific and technological policies, State reforms, European and foreign policy

Honours

* 2007 : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Leopold II. * 1999 : Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold.

References

External links

CV of Luc Van den Brande on Belgian Senate website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Den Brande, Luc 1945 births Christian Democratic and Flemish politicians Living people Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament Minister-presidents of Flanders Politicians from Mechelen Belgian Roman Catholics Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II Presidents of the European Committee of the Regions Assembly of European Regions