PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH:
Schoppen, 04.06.1952
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of law and additional education in German law at the University of Heidelberg
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
1976-1980: Assistant professor at the Law department of the Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve (UCL)
1980-1981: Consultant at the Office of the Minister for Institutional Reforms and deputy manager of Aerotech Ltd.
1981-1990: Consultant for the SRIW
Since 1988: Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the UCL: (course: terminology of German law)
1990 - 1995: Minister of Media, Adult Educat ion, Policy for the Disabled, Social Aid and Professional Retraining
1995 - 1999: Minister of Youth, Training, Media and Social Matters
1999 - 2004: Minister-President, Minister of Employment , Policy for the Disabled, Media and Sport
2004 - 2009: Minister-President, Minister of Local Authorities
2009 - 2014: Minister-President, Minister of Local Authorities
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND MANDATES:
1975-1980: President of the Council of the German-speaking Youth
1975-1981: Member of the Commission for the Official German Translation of Laws and Decrees
1981-1990: Chairman of the Socialist Group in the Council of the German-speaking Community of Belgium
1984-1990: President of the Socialist Party of the German-speaking Community of Belgium
Since 1986: Member of the Executive Board of the Social ist Party (PS)
Since 1981: Member of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Since 1999: Member of the Committee of t he Regions (CoR), Commission for Culture, Education an Research (EDUC) and Commission for Economic and Social Policy (ECOS), since 2009 Member of the Bureau of the CoR
Since 2000: Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRAE - Chamber of Regions)
Since August 2006:
General reporter of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRAE) on cross-border cooperation
Since 21/11/2007: Chair of the Working Group on Inter-regional cooperation at the CLRAE
Since 29/05/2008: Plenary Chair of the Committee on culture and education at the CLRAE
Since 19/02/2010: President of the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR)
Visitors-address:
Sitz des Ministerpräsidenten
Gospertstraße 42
B-4700 Eupen (Belgien)