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Didier Reynders
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs, in charge of Beliris and of the federal cultural institutions
Born in Liège on August 6th, 1958
Married - 4 children
Government positions
Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs, in charge of Beliris and of the federal cultural institutions since 11 October 2014
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs (December 2011-October 2014)
Minister of Finance (1999 - 2011)
Chairman of the Eurogroup (January - December 2001)
President of the Ecofin (July - December 2001 / July 2010 - December 2010)
Minister in charge of the Belgian Buildings Agency (2003 - 2011)
Deputy Prime Minister since 18 July 2004
Minister of Institutional Reforms (2004 - 2011)
Minister in charge of the National Lottery, the Federal Holding and Investment Company (FHIC) and the insurance companies (2007 - 2011)
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs since 6 December 2011
Academical functions
Lecture rat the Hautes Ecoles commerciales of Liège
Staff member of the Public Law Department at the University of Liège
Guest lecturer at the Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain business school - UCL)
Political activities
Chief of staff of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Institutional Reforms, Mr Jean Gol (1987 - 1988)
Member of the Liège Town Council since October 1988
Leader of the MR Group of the Liège Town Council since 1995
Deputy Chairman of the MR (1992 - 2004)
Member of Parliament since 1992
Chairman of the PRL-FDF Group (1995 - 1999)
Chairman of the Mouvement Réformateur (2004 - 2011)
Professional activities
Lawyer (1981 - 1985)
Director General of the Local Authorities Department of the Ministry of the Walloon Region (1985 - 1988)
Chairman of the National Railway Company of Belgium (1986-1991)
