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• Born in Ukkel on 13 October 1956
• Master’s degree in law (KU Leuven, 1979); PhD in law (KU Leuven, 1985); Deutsche Hochschulsprachprüfung (Universität zu Köln, 1979)
• Research assistant FKFO (1980-1981); FWO PhD fellow (1982-1986); associate professor (1986-1989) and part-time full professor (1986-1992) at the KU Brabant Tilburg (NL); assistant professor (1988-1989), associate professor (1989-1992), professor (1992-1996), part-time full professor (1999-2003, 2010-2013, and since 2021) and full professor (1996-1999, 2003-2010, 2013-2021) at the KU Leuven; Vice-Rector Human Sciences and Internationalisation at the KU Leuven (2013-2017)
• Member of Parliament (1999-2003); Senator (2010), President (2010-2011) and First Vice-President (2011-2013) of the Senate; President of the Federal Deontological Commission (2016-2021); President of the Board of Directors of the Flemish Agency for Family Allowances (2019-2021)
• Appointed Judge to the Constitutional Court by Royal Decree of 13 January 2021