Herman De Croo | |
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![]() De Croo, 2009 | |
President of the Chamber of Representatives | |
In office 1 July 1999 –12 July 2007 | |
Preceded by | Raymond Langendries |
Succeeded by | Herman Van Rompuy |
Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
In office 8 June 1995 –28 April 2014 | |
In office 31 March 1968 –15 December 1991 | |
Senator of Belgium | |
In office 16 December 1991 –7 June 1995 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Herman Francies Joseph De Croo 12 August 1937 Brakel,Belgium |
Political party | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats |
Spouse | Françoise Desguin |
Children | 2,including Alexander |
Alma mater | Universitélibre de Bruxelles (BA,JD) University of Chicago (FP) |
Herman Francies Joseph De Croo (born 12 August 1937) is a Belgian politician of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. First elected in March 1968,he is the longest serving Belgian member of parliament,serving uninterrupted until 2014. He is the father of incumbent prime minister Alexander De Croo.
He went to school at Collège Saint-Stanislas in Mons. [1] He obtained a doctorate in law from the UniversitéLibre de Bruxelles in 1961,and later attended the University of Chicago Law School on a Fulbright Scholarship.
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