Eric Van Rompuy (Ukkel, 23 November 1949) is a Flemish politician. He is married and has one daughter. Uccle within the Brussels-Capital Region Uccle (French) or Ukkel (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Flanders (Dutch: ) has several main meanings: the social, cultural and linguistical, scientific and educational, economical and political community of the Flemings; generally called the Flemish community (others refer to this as the Flemish nation) which is, with over 6 million inhabitants, the majority of all Belgians; the constituent governing institution... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ...

Biography

He is the son of the later Prof. em. dr. Vic Van Rompuy and brother of Herman Van Rompuy.

After obtaining his licentiate degree in economics, he obtained a baccalaureate degree in philosophy (1971). In 1975, he obtained a PhD in economics at the K.U.Leuven. Licentiate is the title of a person who holds an academic degree called a license. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... A baccalaureate is an educational qualification. ... This article is 58 kilobytes or more in size. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ...

From 1976 till 1981, he worked at the Kredietbank as economist. In the meantime, he was elected in 1977 as national president of the CVP-youngsters (now CD&V). He remained president until 1983. In 1981, he had already become Member of Parliament of the European Parliament. Alan Greenspan, former chairman, United States Federal Reserve. ... CVP may stand for: Christelijke Volkspartij, former Belgian party, now renamed Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V) Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, the Christian Democratic Peoples Party of Switzerland Central Valley Project, a California water project. ... Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V) (Christian Democratic and Flemish) is a political party in Belgium, formerly called Christelijke Volkspartij (CVP) (Christian Peoples Party). ... The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary body of the European Union. ...

In 1981, he became member of the local city council of Zaventem (1 January 1983 - 31 December 1988). In 1988, the CVP lost the elections. Zaventem (formerly Saventhem) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... CVP may stand for: Christelijke Volkspartij, former Belgian party, now renamed Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V) Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, the Christian Democratic Peoples Party of Switzerland Central Valley Project, a California water project. ...

His national career started when he was elected as MP in 1985. He would remain in that function until 1995. From 1991 until 1995, he was MP in the Flemish parliament. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... // Definitions Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen, French: Flandre or Flandres) has two main designations: a historical region (the County of Flanders), and an administrative region of Belgium (the Flemish Region and the Flemish Community). ...

In 1995, he became the first Flemish minister of Economy, Agriculture and Media. In 1999, he resigned after the huge electoral loss of his party.

Since 1999, he has been MP in the Flemish Parliament.