Notes
- ↑ "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate . Retrieved 16 July 2010.
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| Preceded by | Armand De Decker |
| Succeeded by | Sabine de Bethune |
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| Born | 13 October 1956 Uccle,Belgium |
| Political party | New Flemish Alliance |
| Website | Official website |
Danny Pieters (born 13 October 1956) is a Belgian politician and judge.
Pieters was first elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1999 as a member of the Volksunie and served until 2003. After the demise of that party he became affiliated to the N-VA. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2010. [1] He was the 33rd President of the Belgian Senate from July 2010 until October 2011.
He obtained a doctorate in law in 1985 and is currently a professor of social security law at the KU Leuven.
In 2021 Pieters was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Court of Belgium.
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