Erik A. N. Derycke (born 28 October 1949) is a Flemish socialist

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, former minister and an emeritus

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at the

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. Derycke was awarded a

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in law by the

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in 1972. With the Flemish socialists (today Flemish social-democratic party) he was a municipal council member in

Waregem Waregem (; vls, Woaregem), sometimes known as Waereghem, is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the river Leie, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the arrondiss ...

(1988–2001), member of the provincial council of

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(1978–1984), and a member of the

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(1984–2001). He was state secretary for the research policy (1990), and later state secretary and minister for development cooperation (1991). Within the first cabinet of

Jean-Luc Dehaene Jean Luc Joseph Marie "Jean-Luc" Dehaene (; 7 August 1940 – 15 May 2014) was a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999. During his political career, he was nicknamed "The Plumber" and "The Minesweep ...

he was state secretary for development cooperation (1991-1995). From 1995 to 1999 he was the

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. He left politics upon being appointed to the then Belgian Court of Arbitration on 10 August 2001. He retired from the Court, since 2007 reformed as the Constitutional Court, in October 2019 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70.

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Erik Derycke at Council of Europe
1949 births Constitutional Court of Belgium judges Foreign ministers of Belgium Socialistische Partij Anders politicians Living people {{Flanders-politician-stub