Johan Vande Lanotte

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Johan Vande Lanotte is a Belgian politician, born on 6 July 1955 in Poperinge. He is a member of the SP.a, and became its party president on 15 October 2005. He has a Master degree in political science, and is doctor in law.

1 Studies
2 Curriculum
- 2.1 Professional
- 2.2 Political
3 External links

[edit] Studies

In 1978 he graduated magna cum laude in "Political and Social Sciences" (Master degree) from the University of Antwerp. In 1981 he added, again magna cum laude, a master in Law at the Brussels Dutch speaking Free University.

He graduated as Doctor in Law at the Ghent University in 1986. The subject of his dissertation was decentralisation in the Belgian political context. It was awarded with the Prize of the Belgian Institute for Administrative Sciences.

During his doctorate, he studied at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Lausanne) with the Von Calcken scholarship of the Council of Europe, at the Lille University (France), the Leiden University (Netherlands) and the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec.

[edit] Curriculum

[edit] Professional

1978-1981: City of Ghent administration.
1982-1983: assistant at the departement of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Antwerp.
1983-1987: assistant at the Law department of the Ghent University.
1986: apprentice lawyer in Ghent.
1987-1990 : assistant auditor and auditor at the Council of State (Belgium)
since 1988 : professor public law at the Ghent University
1988-1991: part time professor public law at the Ghent University
since 1991: part time professor public law at the Ghent University, combined with a part time professorship at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

[edit] Political

1988-1991 : Chief of cabinet of the Minister of the Interior
1991- : Member of Parliament
1994-1995 : Minister of the Interior and of Civil Service Affairs
1995-1998 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior
1999-2003 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget, Social Integration and Social Economy
2003-2005 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget and Public Enterprises
2005- : SP.a party president