Erik Derycke (politician)

Erik Derycke
Born	(1949-10-28) 28 October 1949 Waregem, West Flanders
Occupation	politician, lawyer, judge

Erik A. N. Derycke (born 28 October 1949) is a Flemish socialist politician, lawyer, former minister and a current judge at the Constitutional Court of Belgium.

Derycke was awarded a licence in law by the University of Gent in 1972. With the Flemish socialists (today Flemish social-democratic party) he was a municipal council member in Waregem (1988–2001), member of the provincial council of West Flanders (1978–1984), and a member of the Federal Parliament (1984–2001).

He was state secretary for the research policy (1990), and later state secretary and minister for development cooperation (1991). Within the first cabinet of Jean-Luc Dehaene he was state secretary for development cooperation (1991-1995). From 1995 to 1999 he was the Belgian minister of foreign affairs. He left politics upon being appointed to the then Belgian Court of Arbitration on 10 August 2001.

External links

Erik Derycke at Council of Europe

Different Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij Anders)

Leadership	Karel Van Miert Frank Vandenbroucke Louis Tobback Fred Erdman Patrick Janssens Steve Stevaert Johan Vande Lanotte Caroline Gennez Bruno Tobback John Crombez

Former partyformation	Belgian Labour Party / Belgische Werklieden Partij (BWP) Belgian Socialist Party / Belgische Socialistische Partij (BSP)

Related organisations	Jongsocialisten Zij-kant S-Plus Curieus sp.a rood Vonk FOS-socialistische solidariteit

Symbols	Charter of Quaregnon The Internationale May Day Red Rose

Belgian socialist pilar	Socialist Party / Parti Socialiste (PS) Socialist Party Sozialistische Partei (SP) General Federation of Belgian Labour / Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond (ABVV) Socialistische Mutualiteiten Center for Homecare / (Centrum voor) Thuiszorg De Morgen Vermeylenfonds Rode Valken

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