André Flahaut

André Flahaut
Flahaut in 2012
President of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
20 July 2010 – 30 June 2014
Preceded byPatrick Dewael
Succeeded byPatrick Dewael
Minister of Defence
In office
12 July 1999 – 21 December 2007
Prime MinisterGuy Verhofstadt
Preceded byJean-Pol Poncelet
Succeeded byPieter De Crem
Minister of the Civil Service
In office
23 June 1995 – 12 July 1999
Prime MinisterJean-Luc Dehaene
Preceded byLouis Tobback
Succeeded byLuc Van den Bossche
Personal details
Born (1955-08-18) 18 August 1955 (age 69)
Walhain, Belgium
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materUniversité libre de Bruxelles

André M. J. Gh. Flahaut (born 18 August 1955) is a Belgian politician, then in the province of Brabant and now in the province of Walloon Brabant. Flahaut studied political sciences and public administration at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Political career

Flahaut was born in Walhain. He joined the Socialist Party in 1973. From 1989 to 1995 he served in various posts in the administration of Walloon Brabant. He has served in the local council of Walhain, in the provincial council of Walloon Brabant and as deputy governor of Walloon Brabant. Since 12 July 1999 he has served as Minister of Defence in both governments of Guy Verhofstadt, Verhofstadt I (1999–2003) and Verhofstadt II (2003–2007).[citation needed]

In 2009, he demanded the recall of the Belgian ambassador to the Holy See after controversy over comments by Pope Benedict XVI, who claimed that condoms promoted AIDS. Flahaut commented, "The comments made by the pope, who is a head of state, are sufficiently grave, inappropriate, and inadmissible that we should mark, in a symbolic but very strong fashion, our displeasure and disapproval."[1]

From 20 July 2010 through 30 June 2014, he was President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. Flahaut is the current Minister of Budget in the Government of the French Community.[citation needed]

Anti-semitic charges and subsequent lawsuit

Because of charges of antisemitism brought by the Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organizations in Belgium (CCOJB) and Joël Rubinfeld, André Flahaut decided to lodge a complaint of defamation in June 2008, demanding €25000 in damages and official apology. The tribunal of first instance of Brussels in a verdict returned in October 2009 agreed with Flahaut on an apology, but not on the damages. The CCOJB and Joël Rubinfeld appealed the decision and won.[2] [3]

New Comité de coordination des organisations juives de Belgique (CCOJB) leader Professor Maurice Sosnowski commented on the lawsuit: “Rubinfeld was right to accuse Flahaut and right to appeal the first circuit's sentence, but a reasonable compromise is better than a long and uncertain procedure.”[4]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Flahaut: "L'ambassadeur belge doit quitter le Vatican"". Rtl.be. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Zoom Région - Brabant wallon - NIVELLES - André Flahaut gagne un procès en diffamation". Zoomregion.be. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  3. ^ André Flahaut looses case against CCOJB and Rubinfeld
  4. ^ Fishman, Aidan (26 December 2011). "Jewish leaders in Belgium". Jpost.com. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Koninklijk Besluit nationale orden bij koninklijke besluiten van 26 mei 2014 zijn de hierna vermelde leden van het Europees Parlement bevorderd of benoemd: Leopoldsorde grootofficier mevr. Durant, Isabelle, ondervoorzitster van het Europees Parlement de heer Belet Ivo". etaamb.be. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

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Preceded by Minister of the Civil Service
1995–1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Defence
1999–2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Chamber of Representatives
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