Paula D'Hondt

Paula D’Hondt
Born August 27, 1926
Haaltert
Nationality Belgium

Paula D’Hondt or Paula D (born August 27, 1926) is a politician from Belgium. She has served as a minister and she was given an award for her freedom of thought.

Life

D’Hondt was born in Haaltert in 1926. From 1948 she worked as a social worker before she went into politics in the 1970s. She rose to be a minister in Belgium. From 1981 to 1988 she was Secretary of State and in 1988 and 1989 she was the last minister of public works before the task was distributed to the provinces.

D'Hondt was appointed to lead a commission into the subject of immigration which she did until 1993. She was given a number of awards including the Ark Prize of the Free Word in 2003 which is awarded for free thought.[1] She had emphasised that immigrants had duties to the state as well as rights.[2]

Works

Her written work includes Geen dienaar van de macht (No Servant of Power) which was published in 1993.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ark Prize, retrieved 7 February 2015
  2. ↑ Blommaert, Jan (2002). Debating Diversity: Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance. p. 85. ISBN 1134654197.
  3. ↑ Geen dienaar van de macht, D'Hondt


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