François Xavier Gustave Marie Joseph Corneille Hubert,
Knight
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de Donnea de Hamoir (born 29 April 1941 in
Edegem,
Antwerp
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) is a
Belgian politician
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and a former
mayor of the City of Brussels and
Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region
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. He is also a former member of the
Olivaint Conference of Belgium.
Biography
François-Xavier de Donnea was the
defence minister
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and minister of the Brussels-Capital Region in the government
Martens-IV from 1985 to 1988. He is currently a member of the
Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives
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Members and elections
Article 62 o ...
for the political party
MR.
In December 1990, he performed the wedding of the duke of Brabant and
Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz in the City town hall.
While échevin of Brussels, he called
graffiti
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an "urban leprosis". As the Mayeur of Brussels, he neglected the bust statue of
Peter the Great
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– ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia, Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned j ...
and gave a centerpiece attention to the bust statue of
Baudouin of Belgium. In 2001, his proposition to create a
Tintin theme in the newly renovated
Atomium was approved by the
Hergé Foundation. He also made it possible to exhibit publicly the Ishango bone at the Brussels' institut d'histoire naturelle.
In 2006, he became a board member of
WildlifeDirect.
On 17 July 2008 he was one of three senior Belgian politicians commissioned by
King Albert II to investigate ways of enabling constitutional reform talks in the light of the long-running
Belgian constitutional crisis. In 2009, he was appointed President of the
Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC).
In 2014, as he ran for the 17th time for the Brussels Mayor office, his name was misspelled in the list of candidates, forcing him to run as "François de Donnea". In March 2020, he stepped down from the Presidency of the insurance company Integrale, a subsidiary of Nethys.
Honours
* :
**
Croix Civique.
** Minister of State by Royal Decree.
** Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of Leopold II.
** Grand Officer in the
Order of Leopold.
* Officer of the
Legion of Honour
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.
* Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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The highest-ranking honour of the Republi ...
.
* Knight Grand Cross in the Royal
Order of the Polar Star.
* Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of the Dannebrog
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.
* Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of Merit, Korea.
* Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of the Liberator.
* Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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.
* Knight Grand Officer in the
Order of the Oak Crown.
* Knight Grand Officer in the
Order of Merit, France.
* Knight Grand Officer in the
Order of Isabella the Catholic
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.
* Knight of the
Order of Saint Stanislaus
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.
References
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1942 births
Living people
Belgian knights
Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium) politicians
Mayors of the City of Brussels
Members of the 46th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Members of the 47th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Members of the 49th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Members of the 50th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Members of the 51st Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Members of the 52nd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Members of the 53rd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Members of the Senate (Belgium)
Ministers of defence of Belgium
Ministers of state of Belgium
Minister-presidents of the Brussels-Capital Region
People from Edegem
Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II
Reformist Movement politicians