Armand De Decker

Armand De Decker
File:Armand De Decker.jpg
President of the Senate
In office 12 July 2007 – 20 July 2010
Preceded by	Anne-Marie Lizin
Succeeded by	Danny Pieters
In office 14 June 1999 – 20 July 2004
Preceded by	Frank Swaelen
Succeeded by	Anne-Marie Lizin
Personal details
Born	(1948-10-08) 8 October 1948 Brussels, Belgium
Political party	Reformist Movement
Alma mater	Free University of Brussels, French
Website	Official website

Armand De Decker (born 8 October 1948) is a Belgian politician and member of the French-speaking liberal party Mouvement Réformateur (MR).

De Decker studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and practised law.

Political career

• In 1981 he was elected for the Parti Réformateur Libéral to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives where he served until 1995.
• In 1995 he was elected to the Belgian Senate, and re-elected in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2010.
  • From 1999 to 2003, and from 2007 to 2010, he was President of the Senate.
  • Since 2010, he is second Vice-President of the Senate.
• He served as president of the council of the Brussels-Capital Region from 1995 to 1999.
• From 20 July 2004 to 12 July 2007, De Decker has served as the minister responsible for Development Cooperation in the Belgian Federal Government.
• He is mayor of Uccle.

Honours

National honours

Il est:

• Grand Cross of the Order of Crown (6 June 2010)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II (11 May 2003)
• Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold (9 June 1999)

Foreign honours

He is:

• Colombia : Grand Officer of the Order of San Carlos (4 February 1997)
• Denmark : Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (28 February 2002) °
• Finland : Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose (30 March 2004) °
• France : Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (9 July 1997)
• Greece : Grand Officer of the Order of the Phoenix (1er January 1994)
• Italy : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (15 October 2002) °
• Malta : Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
• Mexico : Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (10 December 2002) °
• Norway : Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (20 May 2003) °
• Netherlands : Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
• Peru : Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun (2006) *
• Spain : Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (12 May 2000) °
• Sweden : Commander Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (8 May 2001) °

Notes

Political offices
Preceded by Frank Swaelen	President of the Senate 1999–2004	Succeeded by Anne-Marie Lizin
Preceded by Anne-Marie Lizin	President of the Senate 2007–2010	Succeeded by Danny Pieters