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Encyclopedia > Armand De Decker

Armand De Decker, born in Uccle, 8 October 1948, is an Belgian politician. Uccle/Ukkel within the Brussels-Capital Region Uccle (French) or Ukkel (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (282nd in leap years). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...


De Decker studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and practised law. In 1981 he was elected for the Parti Réformateur Libéral to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives where he served until 1995. In 1995 he was elected to the Belgian Senate, and re-elected in 1999 and 2003. From 1999 to 2004 he was president of the Senate. He served as president of the council of the Brussels-Capital Region from 1995 to 1999. A building on the ULBs main campus The Université Libre de Bruxelles (or ULB) is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. ... The Belgian Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: de Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers, French: la Chambre des Représentants) is one of the two chambers of the Belgian Federal Parliament. ... The Belgian Senate (Dutch: de Senaat, French: le Sénat) is one of the two chambers of the Belgian Federal Parliament. ... The Brussels-Capital Region (French: R gion de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, German: Region Br ssel-Hauptstadt) or Brussels Region (French: R gion Bruxelloise, Dutch: Brusselse Gewest) is one of the three regions of Belgium. ...


From 20 July 2004, De Decker has served as the minister responsible for Development Cooperation in the Belgian Federal Government. He is mayor of Uccle. July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The executive branch of the Belgian federal government consists of ministers and secretaries of state (junior ministers or smaller departments) drawn from the political parties which form the government coalition. ...


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