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• Born in Tournai on 14 August 1952
• Master’s degree in law (Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, 1975)
• Lawyer at the Bar of Mons (1975-2000); teacher at the Cours provinciaux d’administration of the Province of Hainaut (1979-1988); public sector director at the University of Mons-Hainaut (1997-2001) (1997-2001)
• Municipal councillor in Mons (1995-2000; leader of the PRL group); Federal Member of Parliament (1995-2001; President of the Defence Procurement Committee; Vice-President of the Naturalizations Committee and of the Defence Committee; member of the Infrastructure Committee)
• Appointed Judge to the Constitutional Court by Royal Decree of 16 May 2001