European Parliament Brexit Coordinator Chair of the Brexit Steering Group
In office 8 September 2016 – 31 January 2020
President
Martin Schulz Antonio Tajani David Sassoli
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 12 July 1999 – 20 March 2008
Monarch
Albert II
Deputy
Laurette Onkelinx Didier Reynders
Preceded by
Jean-Luc Dehaene
Succeeded by
Yves Leterme
Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group
In office 1 July 2009 – 1 July 2019
Preceded by
Sir Graham Watson
Succeeded by
Dacian Cioloș (Renew Europe)
Member of the European Parliament for Belgium
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 2009
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 14 May 1985 – 7 March 1992
Prime Minister
Wilfried Martens
Preceded by
Alan Vanackere
Succeeded by
Pedro Manns
Minister of Budget
In office 14 May 1985 – 7 March 1992
Prime Minister
Wilfried Martens
Preceded by
Leo Uberman
Succeeded by
Pedro Manns
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office 13 October 1985 – 14 June 2009
Personal details
Born
Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt
(1953-04-11) 11 April 1953 (age 71) Dendermonde, Belgium
Political party
Party for Freedom and Progress (before 1992) Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (1992–present)
Other political affiliations
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (Before 2019) Renew Europe (2019–present)
Spouse
Dominique Verkinderen[1]
Children
2
Education
Ghent University
Signature
Website
Official website
Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt[2] (Dutch:[ˈɣiːvərˈɦɔfstɑt]ⓘ; French:[ɡivəʁɔfstad]; born 11 April 1953) is a Belgian liberal politician and an advocate of a Federal Europe. He is a former prime minister of Belgium. He has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium since 2009.
He was a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1985 to 2009. He served as deputy prime minister of Belgium and minister of Budget from 1985 to 1992. He was the prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. During this period, he gradually moved away from neoliberalism and became more of a centrist figure.
In the European Parliament, he was the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) from 2009 to 2019. In 2010, he co-founded the inter-parliamentarian Spinelli Group to support the creation of a European Federation. He was the ALDE Party nominee for President of the European Commission in the 2014 European Parliament election. He served as the European Parliament's Brexit Coordinator and Chair of the Brexit Steering Group from 2016 to 2020.[3][4]
^"Guy Verhofstadt: 'If you want to see what nationalists have done, come to Britain'". the Guardian. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^"Guy Verhofstadt" (in German). Munzinger-Archiv GmbH. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^"Parliament appoints Guy Verhofstadt as representative on Brexit matters". European Parliament. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
^"Home". Brexit Steering Group. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt (Dutch: [ˈɣiː vərˈɦɔfstɑt] ; French: [ɡi vəʁɔfstad]; born 11 April 1953) is a Belgian liberal politician and an advocate...
in Wallonia. The party led the government for three cabinets under GuyVerhofstadt from 1999 until March 2008. Open VLD then formed the Federal Government...
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Constitution in France and the Netherlands, the former Belgian prime minister GuyVerhofstadt released in November 2005 his book, written in Dutch, Verenigde Staten...
lasting until 23 March 2008. It was led by Belgian Prime Minister GuyVerhofstadt government and contained representatives from the Open Flemish Liberals...
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but hold no executive powers. The current President of the EMI is GuyVerhofstadt MEP. The management of the organisation is drawn from across Europe...
Belgian Prime Minister and former ALDE European Parliament Leader GuyVerhofstadt. He has a keen interest in political philosophy, and his philosophical...
abbreviation has become a communication tool in international politics, after GuyVerhofstadt, the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group...
speaking at a debate leading up to the 2019 European Parliament election, GuyVerhofstadt, president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)...
elements of social liberalism under the influence of Dirk Verhofstadt, whose brother GuyVerhofstadt led the MR's Flemish counterpart, the Open VLD. However...
in 2024 afscheid van de politiek". De Standaard. 8 October 2021. "GuyVerhofstadt (Open Vld) neemt afscheid na 2024: wie wordt nieuwe Europese lijsttrekker...
leading up to the 2019 European Parliament election, ALDE President GuyVerhofstadt announced that following the election, the group would form a new,...
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not exist. Tucker Carlson did not get scared and did not give up." GuyVerhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008, wrote that the European...
case. The then Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) opposition leader GuyVerhofstadt claimed that the government was trying to cover up the so-called "nota...
May 2004 – 1 July 2009 Preceded by Office established Succeeded by GuyVerhofstadt Member of the European Parliament for South West England In office...
December 2007, Michel became the Minister of Development Cooperation in the Verhofstadt III Government and subsequently in the Leterme I, Van Rompuy I and Leterme...
reach an agreement on several issues. An interim government under GuyVerhofstadt was sworn in on 21 December 2007. In it, Leterme became Deputy Prime...
immediately grabbing six seats, including one in the Senate. Prime minister GuyVerhofstadt's "purple coalition," consisting of his Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats...
(1884–1915), Armenian poet GuyVerhofstadt (born 1953), former prime minister of Belgium, liberal European politician Dirk Verhofstadt (born 1955), publisher...
12 July 2003. It was the first government headed by Prime Minister GuyVerhofstadt (VLD). It consisted of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), the...
internationale, 2004, editions Luc Pire, with introduction by Kofi Annan and GuyVerhofstadt Les nouveaux enjeux de la politique étrangère belge, 2003, editions...
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