Mr. Herman De Croo MP

Mr. De Croo was first elected to the Belgian 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. From 1999 till July 2007 Mr. De Croo was the president of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, the owner house of the Belgian Federal Parliament. He is the current mayor of Brakel. He became State Minister in 1998 and is currently the Vice-President of the Belgian Federal Parliament and has been President of the Federal Advisory Committee on European Affairs since 1999.