Guido De Padt

Guido De Padt
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
20 July 2010
Mayor of Geraardsbergen
Assumed office
30 December 2011
Preceded by Freddy De Chou
In office
1 January 2001 – 31 December 2006
Preceded by Freddy De Chou
Succeeded by Freddy De Chou
Government Commissioner
In office
17 July 2009 – 20 July 2010
Prime Minister Yves Leterme
Minister of the Interior
In office
30 December 2008 – 17 July 2009
Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy
Preceded by Patrick Dewael
Succeeded by Annemie Turtelboom
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
17 May 2003 – 30 December 2008
Personal details
Born (1954-05-23) 23 May 1954
Geraardsbergen, Belgium
Political party Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats

Guido De Padt (born 23 May 1954) is a Belgian politician and Senator [1] for the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. Since December 2011, he also is the mayor of Geraardsbergen, an office he also held from 2001 until 2006.

He started his national career as member of the Chamber of Representatives. From December 2008 to July 2009, he was Minister of the Interior in the Van Rompuy I Government.[2] In the Leterme II Government, he was appointed government commissioner for the internal audit of the federal government.[3] In 2011, he replaced the socialist Freddy De Chou as mayor of Geraardsbergen. He got national media attention as strong defender to keep the Muur van Geraardsbergen in the Tour of Flanders. His party won the 2012 local elections in Geraardsbergen with 36% of the votes, while he got 25.8% of the preference votes. In contrast with other liberal leaders in Flanders, his popularity had grown.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.senate.be/www/?MIval=/showSenator&ID=4321&LANG=nl
  2. ↑ Composition of the Van Rompuy I government
  3. ↑ Composition of the Leterme II government
  4. ↑ http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/verkiezingen2012/oost-vlaanderen/Geraardsbergen
Political offices
Preceded by
Freddy De Chou		 Mayor of Geraardsbergen
2001–2006 		Succeeded by
Annemie Turtelboom
Preceded by
Patrick Dewael		 Minister of the Interior
2008–2009 		Succeeded by
Annemie Turtelboom
Preceded by
Freddy De Chou		 Mayor of Geraardsbergen
2012–present 		Incumbent


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