- Hugo Vandenberghe
Hugo Vandenberghe (born in
1942 ), is a Belgian politician and a professor atKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (Law Faculty).From 1973 to 1977, Hugo Vandenberghe served as advisor in several cabinets of Minister
Leo Tindemans . From 1984 to 1990, he was member of the European Committee on Human Rights inStrasbourg . In 1991, he was co-opted Senator, and, in 1999, he was elected Senator.Hugo Vandenberghe was the Fraction Leader of the "
Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams " (CD&V) from 1995 to 2003. Following the federal elections of 2003, he became Vice President of the Senate and President of the Senate’s Justice Committee. Although he sits on several Senate committees and has served as President of the Special Investigating Committee onOrganized Crime , Hugo Vandenberghe is regarded as aLaw andJustice specialist within the CD&V. In particular, he is known for advocating amendments to existinglegislation and for proposing new legislation.Although Hugo Vandenberghe has a conservative profile within the CD&V, he has been considered to be a negotiator. For instance, in the ethical debates on
gay marriage andeuthanasia since the 1990s, he has striven for multilateral agreement, although not always successfully. Since 1999, when the "Christelijke Volkspartij " (CVP, renamed "Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams" in 2001) became an opposition party, Hugo Vandenberghe has been opposed to the new Belgian law on euthanasia of the Liberal-Socialist-Green coalition.External links
* [http://www.hugovandenberghe.be Hugo Vandenberghe's] Personal web site
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