Guy Verhofstadt

Guy Verhofstadt
Verhofstadt in 2021
European Parliament Brexit Coordinator
Chair of the Brexit Steering Group
In office
8 September 2016 – 31 January 2020
PresidentMartin Schulz
Antonio Tajani
David Sassoli
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office
12 July 1999 – 20 March 2008
MonarchAlbert II
DeputyLaurette Onkelinx
Didier Reynders
Preceded byJean-Luc Dehaene
Succeeded byYves Leterme
Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group
In office
1 July 2009 – 1 July 2019
Preceded bySir Graham Watson
Succeeded byDacian Cioloș (Renew Europe)
Member of the European Parliament
for Belgium
Assumed office
14 July 2009
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
In office
14 May 1985 – 7 March 1992
Prime MinisterWilfried Martens
Preceded byAlan Vanackere
Succeeded byPedro Manns
Minister of Budget
In office
14 May 1985 – 7 March 1992
Prime MinisterWilfried Martens
Preceded byLeo Uberman
Succeeded byPedro Manns
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
13 October 1985 – 14 June 2009
Personal details
Born
Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt

(1953-04-11) 11 April 1953 (age 71)
Dendermonde, Belgium
Political partyParty for Freedom and Progress (before 1992)
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (1992–present)
Other political
affiliations
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (Before 2019)
Renew Europe (2019–present)
SpouseDominique Verkinderen[1]
Children2
EducationGhent University
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt[2] (Dutch: [ˈɣi vərˈɦɔfstɑt] , French: [ɡi vəʁɔfstad]; born 11 April 1953) is a Belgian liberal and European federalist politician. He is a former prime minister of Belgium. He was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium from 2009 until 2024.

He 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, he 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.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Guy Verhofstadt: 'If you want to see what nationalists have done, come to Britain'". the Guardian. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Guy Verhofstadt" (in German). Munzinger-Archiv GmbH. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Parliament appoints Guy Verhofstadt as representative on Brexit matters". European Parliament. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Home". Brexit Steering Group. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

Guy Verhofstadt

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