Paul Lannoye (22 June 1939 – 4 December 2021) was a Belgian politician. He was born

Sprimont Sprimont (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Dolembreux, Gomzé-Andoumont, Louveigné, Rouvreux, and Sprimont. Other villages: Banneux, Damré, ...

and died in Hornu,

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. He was one of the founding members of the

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 ...

party and a

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from 1989 to 2004. Lannoye died on 4 December 2021, at the age of 82, from

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