Tony J.M.M. Van Parys (born 21 June 1951) is a Belgian

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 ...

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. Van Parys was first chosen to the

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in 1985, on a CVP ticket. He was chiefly Minister of Justice in the second

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government (1998-1999). Van Parys was part of the 1988 parliamentary commission looking into the "ways that banditry and terrorism suppression are organized

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" Together with Philippe Laurent of the Parti social chrétien he wrote the main report that detailed the results. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007. Van Parys succeeded Erik De Lembre as chairman of the board of directors of Ghent's Arteveldehogeschool in October 2011.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Parys, Tony Van 1951 births Living people Christian Democratic and Flemish politicians Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament Politicians from Ghent