Who's the President?
 Annemie Neyts was re-elected as the President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party on a two-year mandate on the 19 October 2007 at the Congress in Berlin. Following her re-election Neyts said that the ELDR would do its best to “unite our member parties behind a number of common themes”. She added that the ELDR could assemble “a gallery of major political figures” for the European elections in 2009. Earlier, a resolution had been passed whereby the ELDR agreed that it should put forward a common candidate for the presidency of the European Commission in 2009.
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Minister of State
Member of the European Parliament
Date of birth:
Brussels 17.06.1944
Marital status:
Married
Educational Qualifications:
University degrees in French, Press and Social Communication, secondary school teaching (Free University of Brussels 1967, 1968, 1970)
Assignments:
- Taught French in a Flemish secondary school, 1966-1973;
- Press Officer of the Minister of Justice, 1973-1975;
- Deputy Chief of Staff of the Vice-Governor of the province of Brabant, 1975-1981;
- Regional Councillor for Brussels, 1989-1994;
- State Secretary for the Brussels Region, 1981-1985;
- Member of the House of Representatives, 1981-1994, 2003-2004;
- Local Councillor of the City of Brussels, 1983-1990;
- Leader of the Flemish Liberal Party, 1985-1989;
- Minister in the Brussels Government, 1999-2000;
- State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 2000-2001;
- Minister, Deputy for Foreign Affairs, in charge of European Affairs, International Trade and Agriculture, 2001-2003;
- President of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, 2003-2004;
- President of the Liberal International, 1999 - may 2005;
- Co-President of the Federal Commission on the Intercultural Dialogue, 2004 - may 2005;
- Member of the European Parliament, (1994-1999, 2004- );
- Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence for the ALDE group in the EP (August 2004 - );
- Member of the EP delegation to the US Congress (August 2004- );
- Minister of State (1995- );
- President of the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency (2003- );
- President of the European Liberal Party (ELDR) (September 2005 - );
honorary distinctions:
Commander in the “Ordre de Léopold” (Kingdom of Belgium)
Knight in the “Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur” (Republic of France)
Grand Officer in the “Ordre National du Lion” (Republic of Senegal)
Feuille de Laurier d’Or (Republic of Bulgaria)
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