Guy Verhofstadt
Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008
Biography
Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt (Dutch: [ˈɣi vərˈɦɔfstɑt] ; French: [ɡi vəʁɔfstad]; born 11 April 1953) is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. He was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium from 2009 until 2024. Verhofstadt was a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1985 to 2009. He served as deputy prime minister of Belgium and minister of Budget from 1985 to 1992. He was the prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. During this period, he gradually moved away from neoliberalism and became more of a centrist figure.
In the European Parliament, Verhofstadt was the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) from 2009 to 2019. In 2010, he co-founded the inter-parliamentarian Spinelli Group to support the creation of a European Federation. He was the ALDE Party nominee for President of the European Commission in the 2014 European Parliament election. He served as the European Parliament's Brexit Coordinator and Chair of the Brexit Steering Group from 2016 to 2020.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- Prime Minister of Belgium
- Member of the European Parliament
- member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
- Senator of Belgium
- member of the Flemish Parliament
- Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
- president
Family
- Siblings
- Dirk Verhofstadt
Awards & honours (13)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- Order of the Star of Romania
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Minister of State
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Grand Cross of the Order of Honour
- Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Sergei Magnitsky Human Rights Award
Quick answers about Guy Verhofstadt
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