(1937-08-12) 12 August 1937 (age 86) Brakel, Belgium
Political party
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
Spouse
Françoise Desguin
Children
2, including Alexander
Alma mater
Université libre de Bruxelles (BA, JD) University of Chicago (FP)
Herman Francies Joseph De Croo (born 12 August 1937) is a Belgian politician of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. First elected in March 1968, he is the longest serving Belgian member of parliament, serving uninterrupted until 2014. He is the father of incumbent prime minister Alexander De Croo.
He went to school at Collège Saint-Stanislas in Mons.[1] He obtained a doctorate in law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1961, and later attended the University of Chicago Law School on a Fulbright Scholarship.
From 1999 until July 2007, De Croo was the
President of the Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of the country's Federal Parliament. He is the current mayor of Brakel.
De Croo was first elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1968 for the PVV-PLP. He has since served in various governments as minister of Transport and Foreign Trade; minister of Transport, Postal Services, Telegraphy and Telephony; minister of Education and minister of Postal Services, Telegraphy, Telephony and Pensions.
Herman De Croo, who holds a Ph.D. in law, is a former Professor of Common Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
De Croo has been President of the European Transport Safety Council since it was founded in 1993.
^Ducobu, Florian. "Herman De Croo de retour au collège Saint-Stanislas ce samedi pour fêter les 65 ans de sa sortie". DHnet (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
Herman Francies Joseph DeCroo (born 12 August 1937) is a Belgian politician of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. First elected in March 1968, he...
Alexander DeCroo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːlɛˌksɑndər də ˈkroː]; born 3 November 1975) is a Belgian politician and businessman who has served as the...
the President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, succeeding HermanDeCroo. On 28 December 2008, following the 2007–2008 Belgian political crisis...
environment at 35 in 2005. Alexander DeCroo, the son of former speaker of the Belgian parliament HermanDeCroo, ran for the leadership of his father's...
Delors (1995–2000) Jean-Luc Dehaene (2000–2009) Íñigo Méndez de Vigo (2009 – 2019) Herman Van Rompuy (2019–present) In February 2019, a series of press...
(1971–1992), the PVV ministers in the government were: Willy De Clercq, Herman Vanderpoorten, HermanDeCroo, Karel Poma, Alfred Vreven, André Kempinaire, Guy Verhofstadt...
leagues one year later. Richa's first chairman was Belgian politician HermanDeCroo. Their women's compartiment was only established six years later, in...
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2006: Guy Verhofstadt, former Prime Minister of Belgium 8 March 2006: HermanDeCroo, former President of Chamber of Representatives, Belgium 8 March 2006:...
(2020–2021) J. Ernest Wilkins Sr., assistant Secretary of Labor (1954–1958) HermanDeCroo (1962), President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1999–2007)...
office 28 June 1995 – 1 July 1999 Preceded by Jos Dupré Succeeded by HermanDeCroo Personal details Born (1943-10-01) 1 October 1943 (age 80) Tubize, Belgium...
and War) DeCroo family (father-son) HermanDeCroo (1937–) Open Vld (Minister, Speaker of the Chamber, Minister of State) Alexander DeCroo (1975–) Open...
Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, José Daras, Raymond Langendries, HermanDeCroo, Louis Michel, Herman Van Rompuy and Armand De Decker. Some political analysts saw this as...
vehicles sold in Europe from July 2022. Sanz Bartolomé, Elena. "La seguridad de las carreteras europeas vuelve a suspender". El País. Prisa. Retrieved 22...
letters, former president of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives HermanDeCroo stated that no court could prevent the elections from taking place....
Ysebaert joined the cabinet of the liberal minister of National Education HermanDeCroo from 1974 to 1977. When the Liberals subsequently ended up in the opposition...
non-fiction book Wake up Belgians! to which also Belgian liberal politician HermanDeCroo and Belgian economist and politician Mark Eyskens contributed Furthermore...
Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers, French: Président de la Chambre des Représentants) is the presiding...
more important. Alexander DeCroo, a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats and son of prominent politician, Herman, was appointed as new prime...
Development Cooperation of Belgium Armand De Decker. Met with President of the Belgian House of Representatives HermanDeCroo. Met with President of the Belgian...
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