(1954-05-23) 23 May 1954 (age 70) 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 [nl] 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]
^"Guido De Padt". senate.be.
^"Composition of the Van Rompuy I government" (PDF).
^"Composition of the Leterme II government" (PDF).
^NWS, VRT. "VRT NWS". vrtnws.be. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
Padt is a Germanic surname. Notable people with this surname include: Sergio Padt (born 1990), Dutch footballer GuidoDePadt (born 1954), Belgian politician...
footballer Guido Mina di Sospiro, Argentine-born writer Guido Morselli (1912–1973), Italian writer GuidoDePadt (born 1954), Belgian politician Guido Palau...
Chamber of Representatives. He was replaced as interior minister by GuidoDePadt. Patrick Dewael lives in Tongeren, a town of which he is also the mayor...
Retrieved 22 December 2022. "Yanko-groep stapt over naar NCD van Van Hecke". De Standaard. 5 November 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2024. 18th Conference of Directors...
2016–17, Slavia Sofia 2019 Sergio Padt – Ludogorets Razgrad 2021– Luís Pedro – Botev Plovdiv, Levski Sofia 2013–2015 Lesly de Sa – Tsarsko Selo 2021 Darren...