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François Roelants du Vivier

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François Roelants du Vivier
Senator
In office
2000 – June 2009
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1984–1989
Personal details
Born5 November 1947 (1947-11-05) (age 77)
Etterbeek
NationalityBelgian
Political partyFrancophone Democratic Federalists (FDF)
Other political
affiliations
Ecolo
ResidenceBrussels
Websitewww.roelantsduvivier.be

François Marie Gabriel André Charles-Ferdinand Roelants du Vivier (born 5 November 1947) is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo and later the FDF (Francophone Democratic Federalists).

He is part of the political family Nothomb; his grandfather is Pierre Nothomb and his ancestors include Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, who helped draft the Belgian Constitution and served as Prime Minister.[1]

Roelants du Vivier started his career in Ecolo, and was a Member of the European Parliament elected in 1984 and serving until 1989.

In 1988 he started the Europe-Régions-Environnement (ERE) movement. Under the electoral alliance FDF-ERE, he was elected to the Brussels Parliament in the 1989 elections. He was re-elected 1995, 1999 and 2004. From 2000 until 2009 he also served in the Parliament of the French Community and the Senate as community senator.[2]

From 1994 until 2000 he was also municipal councillor in Uccle.

Notes

  1. ^ "PROFIEL. François Roelants du Vivier. Groene inborst op Europese Zaken". De Standaard. 1 July 2004.
  2. ^ "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate. Retrieved 7 July 2009.