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This is the list of Belgian ministers of energy. List of ministers {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of Energy (Belgium) Belgium Energy In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Van Acker
Achille Van Acker (8 April 1898 – 10 July 1975) was a Belgian politician who served three terms as the prime minister of Belgium between 1946 and 1958. A moderate from Flanders, Van Acker was a member of the Belgian Socialist Party (PSB–BSP) and played an important role in the creation of the Belgian welfare state after World War II. Biography Early life Achille Honoré Van Acker was born into a working class family in Bruges, Belgium in 1898 as the youngest of 12 children. He only attended school until the age of 11. Despite entering the workforce, Van Acker read widely and joined several social associations in Bruges. At the outbreak of World War I, he was refused by the Belgian Army because he suffered from astigmatism. While the Germans occupied most of Belgium, Van Acker fled into the small section of unoccupied territory behind the Yser Front where he worked in various menial capacities. Mixing with Belgian soldiers during the war, Van Acker became involved in sociali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Deleuze '', a 1992 drama film
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Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery *Olivier, Louisiana, a rural populated place in the United States * Olivier (crater), on the Moon * Olivier salad, a popular dish of Russian cuisine * ''Olivier'' (novel), the first published novel by French author Claire de Duras * The Olivier Theatre (named after the actor Laurence Olivier), one of three auditoria at the Royal National Theatre * The Laurence Olivier Awards, a theatrical award * Olivier (comics), a foe of The Punisher See also * ''Olivier, Olivier ''Olivier, Olivier'' is a 1992 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. It entered the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival and won an award at the 1992 Valladolid International Film Festival. The plot involves a nine-year-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groen (political Party)
Groen (English: Green; nl, Groen, ), founded as Agalev (see Name below), is a green Flemish political party in Belgium. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations with each other. Party history Before 1979 Many of the founders of political party Agalev came from or were inspired by the social movement Agalev. This movement was founded by the Jesuit Luc Versteylen, who had founded the environmental movement Agalev in the 1970s. Core values of this social movement were quiet, solidarity and soberness. This movement combined progressive Catholicism with environmentalism. It sought to spread environmental consciousness first on a small scale, but since 1973 it took action to protect the environment and promote environmental consciousness. In the 1974 and 1977 elections Agalev supported several candidates from traditional parties, these however soon forgot the promises they made. In 1977 the movement entered the elections in several municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinne Van Der Straeten
Tinne Van der Straeten (born 1 April 1978) is a Belgian politician who has been serving as Minister of Energy in the De Croo Government since October 2020. She is a member of the Groen party. She previously served in the Chamber of Representatives for Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde from 2007 to 2010 and later for Brussels from 2019 until 2020, when she resigned to become energy minister. Early life and education In 2000, Van der Straeten obtained a degree in African Studies at Ghent University. Subsequently, she started working as a researcher at Université catholique de Louvain. After this, she went to KU Leuven, where she researched labour discrimination. After her studies, she joined Agalev and she was active in Malle. In 2008, she obtained a law degree at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Political career In the 2007 elections, Van der Straeten was elected a representative in the Belgian federal parliament for the first time. Three years later, in the 2010 elections, she wasn't ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Christine Marghem
Marie-Christine E. F. Marghem (born 22 May 1963 in Tournai) is a Walloon Belgian politician. She served as Federal Minister of Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development in the Wilmès Government. Education She received her degree of Law from the University of Liège. She soon after founded her own law firm in 1987. Political career Marghem began her political career by appearing on the lists of the Christian Social Party (PSC) in the local elections of 1994 in Tournai. She was elected and became municipal councillor. She then left the PSC when Gérard Deprez founded the Citizens' Movement for Change. In the October 2006 local elections, she received 4840 preference votes, the highest score. As part of her parliamentary activities, Marghem stands out nationally for her work in the Commission on sexual abuse and the Commission related to the collapse of the Dexia bank. In the October 2012 local elections, Marghem obtained 7911 votes. The MR gets 12 seats and Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Fonck
Catherine Fonck (born 22 September 1968) is a nephrologist and Belgian politician. She is currently a member of the Centre démocrate humaniste (cdH). Early life and education Fonck was born in Ciney, in the Province of Namur, in the Wallonia region of Belgium. She graduated from the Catholic University of Louvain in 1993 with a medical degree. Career Specialized in internal medicine and nephrology, she worked first at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc in Brussels and at the St. Elizabeth Maternity and Clinic in Namur. Fonck married Jacques Doyen. She served as the Minister for Children, Youth Assistance and Health in the French Community of Belgium from 2004 to 2009 and Secretary of State for Environment and Secretary of State for Institutional Reforms in the federal caretaker government in 2014. She is currently the cdH group leader in the Chamber of Representatives since 13 October 2014. Political career Elected member of Parliament since June 2003, she was effec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melchior Wathelet
Melchior H. M. J. F. C. Wathelet (born 6 March 1949) is a Belgian politician and member of the Humanist Democratic Centre who served as 4th Minister-President of Wallonia. He has degrees in law and in economics (University of Liège) and is a Master of Laws (Harvard University). He is also a professor at the Catholic University of Louvain and the Université de Liège. From 1995 to 2003 he was a Judge at the European Court of Justice. Following that, Wathelet served as . In 2012-2018, Wathelet served as Advocate-General at the Court of Justice. Political career *Member of the Chamber of Representatives (1977–1995) * Secretary of State for Regional Economy of the Walloon Region (1980–1981) *Minister of New Technologies and SMEs of the Walloon Region (1981–1985) *Minister-President of the Walloon Region (1985–1988) *Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice and Middle Classes (1988–1992) *Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice and Economic Affairs (1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Magnette
Paul Magnette (born 28 June 1971) is a Belgian politician for the Socialist Party, the current mayor of Charleroi and former political science professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He was the 13th Minister-President of Wallonia from 2014 to 2017. Biography Born on 28 June 1971 in Leuven, he grew up in Charleroi and studied political science at ULB – Free University of Brussels (1989–1994) and at Cambridge University (1994–1995). He was a researcher at the FNRS - Scientific Research Fund (1995–2001) and obtained a PhD in 1999 with a dissertation ''Citoyenneté et construction européenne''. His research interest is on institutional policies, the European Union, and theories of democracy. In 2000, together with Éric Remacle, he was awarded the '' Exceptional Francqui Prize for European Research''. In 2001, he was appointed professor of political science at ULB and Director of the Institute of European Studies. He also teaches at the Paris Institute o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Verwilghen
Marc Ernest Elisabeth Robert Juliette Verwilghen, born 21 September 1952 in Dendermonde, is a Belgian politician. Verwilghen studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Ghent and is the holder of an honorary doctorate from Ghent. A member of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), he was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1991 and 1995, and in 1999, to the Belgian Senate. In the Chamber he served as chairman of the Justice committee, and headed two special investigative committees into the events surrounding Marc Dutroux. He served as Justice minister from 1999 to 2003, as Development co-operation minister 2003–2004, and then as Minister of Economy (fully: Economy, Small and Medium Enterprises, the Middle Classes, Energy, Overseas Trade and Science) from 2004. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate The Senate ( nl, Senaat, ; french: Sénat, ; german: Senat) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Vlaamse Liberalen En Democraten
french: Libéraux et démocrates flamands ouverts , abbreviation = Open Vld , logo = , leader1_title = President , leader1_name = Egbert Lachaert , foundation = 1992 (VLD)2007 (Open Vld) , predecessor = Party for Freedom and Progress , headquarters = Melsensstraat 34 Brussels , membership_year = 2018 , membership = 60,000 , ideology = , position = Centre-right , international = Liberal International , european = Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe , europarl = Renew Europe , affiliation1_title = Francophone counterpart , affiliation1 = Reformist Movement , affiliation2_title = Germanophone counterpart , affiliation2 = Party for Freedom and Progress , seats1_title = Chamber of Representatives , seats1 = , seats2_title = Senate , seats2 = , seats3_title = Flemish Parliament , seats3 = , seats4_title = Brussels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fientje Moerman
Joséphine Rebecca Marie Julienne Bertha "Fientje" Moerman (born 19 October 1958) is a Belgian liberal politician and currently a judge on the Constitutional Court of Belgium. Education In 1981 Fientje Moerman obtained a master's degree in law. She studied law at the University of Ghent (Belgium) and at Harvard University (United States). Professional career She started her career as a lawyer in New York City and Brussels (1982–1984). Afterwards she became editor economy and finances for the journal De Standaard (1984–1985). Halfway the eighties of the twentieth century she was the spokeswoman of the European liberals in the European parliament and then consultant of the French former-president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1985–1991). Afterwards she was senior consultant in the European liberal fraction, was specialized in institutional reforms and relations with Israel and the Gulf States (1991–1995). During 1994-1995 she was member of the Tindemans group. Between 1988 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Zenner
Alain Zenner (born 20 February 1946 in Ghent) is a Belgian politician. He served as Senator from 1999 to 2007, Government commissioner for the Minister of Finance from 1999 to 2003 and State Secretary for the Minister of Energy for a brief period in 2003. Biography He was born in Ghent and graduated with a doctor of Laws at age of 22 years from the University of Ghent. He completed his studies with a Master of Comparative Law at the University of Chicago Law School in 1969. He practices as a lawyer in Brussels and conduct a career assistant to the Law Faculty of the Free University of Brussels. Since 1991, he was elected to the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region on behalf of the Liberal Reform Party and then the Reform Movement. When the Forges de Clabecq (a steel mill located 20 km from Brussels) was declared bankrupt by the Commercial Court of Nivelles in 1996, Zenner was designated as liquidator for the company. The closure was symbolic for the decline of Walloon in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
