Marcel Cheron (born 10 August 1957 in

Ittre Ittre (; wa, Ite; nl, Itter, ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. Since the Fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977, the municipality is composed of three districts: Haut-Ittre, Ittre and Virg ...

) is a

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politician and a member of

Ecolo Ecolo, officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales'', (English: Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles)'' is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics. The ...

. He has an MA in History from the

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. He was elected to the

Walloon Parliament The Parliament of Wallonia (french: Parlement de Wallonie) (Walloon Parliament (french: Parlement wallon) in the decrees) is the legislative body of Wallonia, one of the three self-governing regions of Belgium (the other two being Flanders and t ...

in 1991 and became automatically a member of the

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at the same time. He was a member of the Belgian Senate from 1999 until 2005. He was re-elected as a member of the

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in 2007. Since 11 May 2003, he is an Officer in the

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at the Belgian Senate website 1957 births Living people Ecolo politicians Members of the Parliament of the French Community Members of the Senate (Belgium) Members of the Parliament of Wallonia People from Ittre 21st-century Belgian politicians {{Wallonia-politician-stub