Alain Hutchinson (born on 10 December 1949 in Schaerbeek) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Schaerbeek within the Brussels-Capital Region Schaerbeek (French) or Schaarbeek (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... The French Community of Belgium (French: Communauté française de Belgique, Dutch: Franse Gemeenschap van België) is one of the three official communities in Belgium along with the Flemish Community and the German speaking Community. ... Socialist Party is the name of several different socialist political parties around the world. ... Logo of the Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) Parti Socialiste Européen (PSE) Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE) Partido socialista Europeo (PSE) is a European political party whose members are the social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well as Norway. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

He is a substitute for the Committee on Development and a vice-chair of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya). (see also North Africa, Tamazgha, Arab Maghreb Union, Mashreq) The Maghreb (or Moghreb), meaning west in Arabic, is the region of the continent of Africa north of the Sahara desert and west of the Nile - specifically, the modern countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and to a lesser extent Libya and...

Education

• 1970: Social worker

Career

• 1972-1987: Secretary of the FGTB employees' union
• 1988-1989: Head of the office of the Minister for Social Welfare and Health, French-Speaking Community of Belgium
• 1989-1999: Head of the office of the Premier of the Brussels-Capital Region
• 1988-1999: Deputy Mayor for education and culture, Saint-Gilles
• 1999-2004: State Secretary for housing and energy, Brussels-Capital Region
• Minister for the Budget and Social Welfare, French Community Commission

A deputy can be: In politics, a member of many national legislatures, particularly those legislative bodies styled Chambers of Deputies. ...

Decorations

• Knight of the Order of the Crown
• Commander of the Order of Leopold II

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium) A silver statue of an armoured knight, created as a trophy in 1850 For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... Commander is a military rank used in many navies but not generally in armies or air forces. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on June 13, 2004. ...

External links

• European Parliament biography of Alain Hutchinson (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=28282)
• Declaration (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/28282_08-07-2004.PDF) of financial interests (in French; PDF file)