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Tony J.M.M. Van Parys (born 21 June 1951) is a Belgian
CD&V Christian Democratic and Flemish (, ; CD&V) is a Flemish Christian-democratic political party in Belgium. The party has historical ties to both trade unionism ( ACV) and trade associations ( UNIZO) and the Farmer's League. Until 2001, the party w ...
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. Van Parys was first chosen to the
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in 1985, on a CVP ticket. He was chiefly Minister of Justice in the second Dehaene government (1998-1999). Van Parys was part of the 1988 parliamentary commission looking into the "ways that banditry and terrorism suppression are organized n Belgium" Together with Philippe Laurent of the Parti social chrétien he wrote the main report that detailed the results. He was elected as a member of the
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in 2007. Van Parys succeeded Erik De Lembre as chairman of the board of directors of Ghent's Arteveldehogeschool in October 2011.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Parys, Tony 1951 births Christian Democratic and Flemish politicians Living people Members of the 46th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 47th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 48th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 49th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 50th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 51st Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the Senate (Belgium) Politicians from Ghent