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Herman Francies Joseph De Croo

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Birthplace: Opbrakel, Brakel, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
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Son of Jean-Baptiste Alphonse De Croo and Germaine Wauters
Husband of Private
Father of Alexander De Croo and Private
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About Herman De Croo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_De_Croo

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 obtained a doctorate in law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1961, and later attended the University of Chicago Law School on a Fulbright Scholarship.

From 1999 until July 2007, De Croo was the President of the Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of the country's Federal Parliament. He is the current mayor of Brakel.

De Croo was first elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1968 for the PVV-PLP. He has since served in various governments as minister of Transport and Foreign Trade; minister of Transport, Postal Services, Telegraphy and Telephony; minister of Education and minister of Postal Services, Telegraphy, Telephony and Pensions.

Herman De Croo, who holds a Ph.D. in law, is a former Professor of Common Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

De Cross has been President of the European Transport Safety Council since it was founded in 1993.

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Herman De Croo's Timeline

1937
August 12, 1937
Opbrakel, Brakel, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
1975
November 3, 1975
Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium