- Johan Van Hecke
Johan Jozef Marie Clara Van Hecke (born on
2 December 1954 inGhent ) is a Belgianpolitician andMember of the European Parliament forFlanders with theVlaamse Liberalen en Democraten , part of theAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on theEuropean Parliament 'sCommittee on International Trade .He is also a member of the Delegation to the
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a substitute for the Delegation for relations withSouth Africa .He is married to
Els de Temmerman , a journalist and activist who established Childsoldiers, an organization that works for the rehabilitation of child soldiers in Africa. He lives inOosterzele .Education
* 1978: Degree in
medical sociologyCareer
* 1978-1980: Assistant at the faculty of sociology, Catholic University of Louvain
* 1980-1983: Head of research department and lecturer at the HIPB (Higher Institute for the Paramedical Professions), Ghent
* 1983-1986: National Chairman of the Youth CVP
* 1993-1996: General Chairman of the CVP
* 1997-1999: Director of EPP traininginstitute inSouth Africa
* 1983-1988: Member of the Oosterzele Municipal Council
* 1989-1997:Mayor ofOosterzele
* 2001: Member of Ostend Municipal Council
* 1985-1997: Member of the House of Representatives
* 1991-1993: Leader of the parliamentary CVP, House of Representatives
* since 1999:Member of the European Parliament "See also:"
European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium) External links
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