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Louis Michel is the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid.
PREVIOUS POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
European Commissioner for Research
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Minister for Institutional Reform (July 1999-July
2004)
Member of the lower House (Chambre): 17 December 1978-13 June
1999
Member of the upper House (Sénat) directly elected on 13 June 1999 and
18 May 2003
Leader of the PRL* in Parliament (26 February 1992-8 June
1995)
Leader of the PRL-FDF* in Parliament (8 June 1995-26 October
1995)
President of the Walloon Regional Council (8 January 1992-26 February
1992)
Member of the Jodoigne Town Council (1 January 1977-31 December
1982)
Mayor of Jodoigne (1 January 1983-16 September 2004)
Chairman of the
PRL* (23 January 1982-23 January 1990 — re-elected 23 January 1990)
Chairman
of the PRL* (21 October 1995-13 July 1999)
President of the PRL-FDF-MCC*
Federation
Vice-President of the Liberal International
Member of the
Benelux Inter-parliamentary Consultative Council
Member of the Council of the
ELDR*
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Guest Professor at the University of Liege
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Primary school teacher
Lecturer in Dutch, English and German Literature at
the Ecole normale provinciale of Jodoigne (1968-1978)
TITLES and DISTINCTIONS
Ministre d'Etat
Chevalier of the Order of Leopold
Officer of the Order
of Leopold
Commander of the Order of Leopold
Civic medal – First
Class
Dr Honoris Causa, Université de Gembloux
Grand Cross of the Royal
Swedish Order of the Polar Star
Grand Cross of the Order Infante Dom
Henrique
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Grand Cross of the
Order of Isabel the Catholic
Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog
Grand
Cross of the Order of Honour
Grand Officer of the Star of Romania
Grand
Officer of the Ordre de la Pléiade (Order of French-speaking communities and
Cultural dialogues)
Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of
Honour
Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit
Stara Planina Order - First
Class
Order Duarte Sanchez and Mella (Cuba)
Doctor Honoris causa of
Antananarivo University(Madagascar)
Doctor Honoris causa of Gembloux
University (Belgium)
QUALIFICATIONS
Teaching diploma (Germanic languages) (1968)
PUBLICATIONS
- Horizons : la volonté d'impliquer le citoyen dans la politique
internationale, 2004, éditions Luc Pire, préface de Kofi Annan et Guy
Verhofstadt
- Les nouveaux enjeux de la politique étrangère belge, 2003, éditions Larcier,
collection de la Faculté de Droit de l'Université de Liége
- L'Europe, je veux savoir : 110 questions simples sur le grand univers
européen, 2001, 2003 et 2004, Editions Luc Pire
- L'axe du Bien, 2003 Editions Luc Pire
- Contre le racisme, J'agis. La conférence mondiale contre le Racisme, la
discrimination raciale, la xénophobie et l'intolérance qui y est associée, 2002
- Lettre aux citoyens de mon pays, 1999, 2003, et 2004
- Objectif 100, La Wallonie j'y crois !, 1988, PRL-Editions
- Rendre confiance, 1998, Editions Luc Pire, Collection politique
- Wallons et Optimismes, 1997, Editions Luc Pire, Collection politique
- De Echte Walen, 1997, Editions Luc Pire, Collection politique
- Libres et forts, projet éducatif pour réussir le futur, 1986
- L'enfant, en collaboration avec Philippe Monfils, 1984
- Le défi vert en collaboration avec Daniel Ducarme, 1980.
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