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Name
  
Andre Damseaux

Alma mater
  
University of Liege

Party
  
Mouvement Reformateur

Education
  
University of Liege

Nationality
  
Belgium

Role
  
Belgian Politician


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Born
  
5 March 1937Verviers, Belgium (
1937-03-05
)

Died
  
March 29, 2007, Verviers, Belgium

Preceded by
  
Political party
  
Reformist Movement

Succeeded by
  

André Damseaux (5 March 1937 – 29 March 2007) was a Belgian politician, Minister-President of the Walloon Region and Member of the European Parliament.

Life

André Damseaux was born on 5 March 1937 in Verviers, Belgium. In 1961, Damseaux gained a degree in diplomatic science from the University of Liège and a degree in political science from the same university three years later. After working as a journalist with La Meuse newspaper, Damseaux served on the council of Verviers, beginning in 1965. This was a position he would hold for over three decades, ending in 1999.

In 1971, Damseaux began his career in the Parliament of Belgium, a career there which would last until 1999. From 1973 to 1974 Damseaux served as the president of the Liberal Reformist Party in Wallonia. In 1977, Damseaux became a Member of the European Parliament representing Belgium, and became one of the first directly elected Members of the European Parliament in 1979 when direct elections began. In 1981 Damseaux joined the Walloon government, as Minister for External Relations and supervision of municipalities. The same year he began service as the Minister for National Education in the federal government, and in 1982 served as Minister-President of the Walloon Region. However, after suffering protests over his school reforms, Damseaux resigned from his Minister for National Education position on 9 March 1987. From 1989 to 1994 Damseaux was the Mayor of Verviers.

In 1999, Damseaux ceased being a member of the Verviers council, and in 2001 became a member of the Jalhay council. On 29 March 2007 Damseaux died in a Verviers hospital after suffering from a stroke.

References

André Damseaux Wikipedia