Dirk De fauw (born 7 December 1957) is a Belgian politician of the

CD&V Christian Democratic and Flemish (, , CD&V) is a Flemish Christian-democratic political party in Belgium. The party has historical ties to both trade unionism ( ACV) and trade associations (UNIZO) and the Farmer's League. Until 2001, the party wa ...

party. He is the son of , a politician of the CVP who was municipal councilor of

Sint-Andries Sint-Andries () is a suburb of Bruges in the province of West Flanders in Belgium. The Jan Breydel Stadium, where the football teams Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional footba ...

, provincial councilor in

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and deputy of the same province. Dirk De fauw studied law and is a lawyer. He is the current

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

Bruges Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the countr ...

Career

He is a Municipal councilor of Bruges since 1983 and a Provincial councilor of West Flanders since 1986. In 1991 he became party leader for the

in the West Flemish provincial council. After the provincial elections of 21 October 1994 he was appointed vice-chairman of the provincial council. He has been an

Alderman An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many Jurisdiction, jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council membe ...

of Public Works in the city of

from 1995 to 2000. From 2001 to 2012, he was member of the permanent deputation of the province of West Flanders. In 2013 he became an alderman for welfare, diversity and policiy of the North-South, and was also chairman of the OCMW in Bruges, until the end of 2018. In early 2011, he was appointed CD&V party leader for the October 2012 municipal elections. This made him a candidate successor to the then mayor and fellow party member Patrick Moenaert. However, the

SP.A Vooruit (Dutch for Forward, ) is a Flemish social democratic political party in Belgium. The party was known as the Flemish Socialist Party (1978–2001: ''Socialistische Partij'', SP; 2001–2021: ''Socialistische Partij Anders'', SP.A) until 2 ...

party received slightly more votes than CD&V in the elections, and De fauw, according to the agreement made, did not become mayor. Under Landuyt he was alderman and OCMW chairman; he did not continue his mandate as deputy because of the incompatibility of the offices. In the municipal elections of 14 October 2018 the CD&V emerged as the main party. De fauw reached a coalition agreement with the lists of the SP.A and

Open Vld french: Libéraux et démocrates flamands ouverts , abbreviation = Open Vld , logo = , leader1_title = President , leader1_name = Egbert Lachaert , foundation = 1992 (VLD)2007 (Open Vld) , predecessor = Pa ...

, resulting in a majority that nominated him as future mayor. He has been mayor of the city of Bruges since 1 January 2019. De fauw was stabbed on the morning of 20 June 2020, being cut in the neck. The suspected perpetrator was immediately arrested and the public prosecutor of Bruges started an investigation for attempted murder. The perpetrator was put in a psychiatric institution as insane.

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