Rudy W.G. Demotte (born 3 June 1963 in Ronse) is a Belgian

socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

politician who served as the 12th

Minister-President of Wallonia The minister-president of Wallonia () is the head of the Government of Wallonia, the executive power of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. The official residence, known as the Élysette, is in Namur, along the Meuse River. The ministe ...

(2007–2014), replacing

Elio Di Rupo Elio Di Rupo (; born 18 July 1951) is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2011 to 2014, heading the Di Rupo Government, and as minister-president of Wallonia for three non-consecutive terms between 1999 and 20 ...

, one month after a historical defeat of the socialists in the federal election. He also served as Minister-President of the French Community between 2008 and 2019. From 1988 to 1990 he served on the cabinet of the Minister of Social Affairs. He was first elected to the Belgian House of Representatives in 1995 and was reelected in 1999 and 2003. In 1999, he became the federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Scientific Research. In 2002, he became the Minister for Budget, Culture and Sport of the

French Community of Belgium In Belgium, the French Community (, , CFB) refers to one of the three constituent constitutional linguistic communities. Since 2011, the French Community has used the name Wallonia-Brussels Federation (, , FWB), which is controversial because ...

. From July 2003 to 2007, he became Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health in the federal government. Having served as a council member from 1994 on, he was mayor of

Flobecq Flobecq (; ; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. It borders to the municipalities of Ellezelles (to the west) and Lessines (to the east) in the same province an ...

(2000–2012). Having moved, since 2013 Demotte is mayor of

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Orders

; : Grand officier Order of Leopold (2014) ; :

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, 3rd Class. (2016) ; Grand Officier de l' ordre de la Pléiadehttps://www.sudinfo.be/id784413/article/2024-01-30/rudy-demotte-ambassadeur-passionne-de-la-francophonie-honore-par-lordre-de-la (2024)

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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Demotte, Rudy 1963 births Living people Mayors of places in Belgium Members of the 49th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 51st Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 52nd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Health ministers of Belgium Minister-presidents of the French Community of Belgium Minister-presidents of Wallonia People from Ronse Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class Social affairs ministers of Belgium Socialist Party (Belgium) politicians