François Xavier Gustave Marie Joseph Corneille Hubert, Knight

Ridder (title)

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 de Donnea de Hamoir (born on 29 April 1941 in Edegem

Edegem

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, Antwerp

Antwerp (province)

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) is a Belgian politician

Politician

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 and a former mayor of the City of Brussels and Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region

Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region

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He was also the defence minister

Defence minister

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 and minister of the Brussels-Capital Region in the government Martens

Wilfried Martens

Wilfried Martens is a Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge . Martens was the 44th Prime Minister of Belgium from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992....

-IV from 1985 to 1988. He's currently a member of the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives

Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives

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 for the political party MR

Reformist Movement

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In 2006 he became a board member of WildlifeDirect

WildlifeDirect

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On 17 July 2008 he was one of three senior Belgian politicians commissioned by King Albert II

Albert II of Belgium

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 to investigate ways of enabling constitutional reform talks in the light of the long-running Belgian constitutional crisis

2007–2008 Belgian government formation

The 2007–2008 Belgian government formation followed the general election of 10 June 2007, and consisted of a period of negotiation in which the Flemish parties Flemish Liberal Democratic , Christian Democratic and Flemish and New Flemish Alliance , and the French-speaking parties Reformist...

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