François-Xavier de Donnea

François-Xavier de Donnea
De Donnea (left) with Commercial Diplomat Colin Evans
Minister-President of Brussels
In office 18 October 2000 – 6 June 2003
Preceded by	Jacques Simonet
Succeeded by	Daniel Ducarme
Mayor of Brussels
In office 21 May 1995 – 18 October 2000
Preceded by	Freddy Thielemans
Succeeded by	Freddy Thielemans
Personal details
Born	29 April 1941 Edegem, Belgium
Political party	Reformist Movement
Alma mater	Catholic University of Louvain University of California, Berkeley Erasmus University, Rotterdam

François Xavier Gustave Marie Joseph Corneille Hubert, Knight de Donnea de Hamoir (born 29 April 1941^[1] in Edegem, Antwerp) is a Belgian politician and a former mayor of the City of Brussels and Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region.He is also a former member of the Olivaint Conference of Belgium.

He was also the defence minister and minister of the Brussels-Capital Region in the government Martens-IV from 1985 to 1988. He's currently a member of the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives for the political party MR.

In 2006 he became a board member of WildlifeDirect.

On 17 July 2008 he was one of three senior Belgian politicians commissioned by King Albert II to investigate ways of enabling constitutional reform talks in the light of the long-running Belgian constitutional crisis.^[2]

References

1. "Curriculum Vitae".
2. "Belgian PM's resignation rejected". BBC News. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2010.