Étienne Cerexhe

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Christian Social Party
Personal details
Born(1931-04-18)18 April 1931
Schaerbeek, Belgium
Died24 June 2020(2020-06-24) (aged 89)
Political partyChristian Social Party
ChildrenBenoît Cerexhe [fr]
Alma mater

Baron Étienne Cerexhe (18 April 1931 – 24 June 2020) was a Belgian judge and academic. He was a member of the Belgian Senate from 1985 to 1987, and the Chamber of Representatives from 1988 to 1991. In 2009, Cerexhe was knighted by King Albert II.

Personal life and death

Cerexhe was born on 18 April 1931 in

Université catholique de Louvain and the University of Paris.[1] Cerexhe had honorary doctorates from the University of Lisbon, University of Ouagadougou and University of Santiago.[1] He was the father of Belgian politician and mayor of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Benoît Cerexhe [fr].[1][2]

Cerexhe died on 24 June 2020 at the age of 89. His death was announced the following day,[1] and his funeral was held on 30 June in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.[3]

Career

Academic career

In 1967, Cerexhe and Pierre Maon founded the Faculty of Law at the Université de Namur.[3] From 1967 to 1988, Cerexhe was dean of the faculty.[1][2] He was also a lecturer at the Université catholique de Louvain.[2] In 1974, he was a co-founder of the Faculty of Law (also known as the École Supérieure de Droit de Ouagadougou)[3] at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.[1] In 1984, he helped set up the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.[4]

Political career

From 1985 to 1987, Cerexhe was a

federal communities and regions.[8]

In 1993, Cerexhe became a judge in the Court of Arbitration (now called the Constitutional Court),[1][2][9] as one of their French language judges.[10] He specialised in public, European and civil law.[11] In April 2001, he retired and was given the title of judge emeritus.[12] He was also made an honorary consul of the Wallonia region to Burkina Faso.[12][13] Cerexhe was also president of the Belgian section of the Institut international de Droit d'Expression et d'inspiration Françaises.[7]

Honours

In 2009, Cerexhe was knighted by King Albert II.[1][2] He was given the title of baron.[14]

Works

  • Cerexhe, Étienne, Tourisme et intégration européenne (Tourism and European integration), 1985[15]
  • Cerexhe, Étienne, Snyers, Anne-Marie, Le droit européen : les objectifs et les institutions (European law: objectives and institutions), 1989
    ISBN 2803800160

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Le baron Etienne Cerexhe est décédé à l'âge de 89 ans". La Libre Belgique (in French). 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Le baron Étienne Cerexhe est décédé". Le Soir (in French). 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "DÉCÈS DE MONSIEUR ETIENNE CEREXHE" (in French). Université de Namur. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ^ "La Belgique et l'Europe dans la tourmente monétaire des années 1970" (PDF) (pdf) (in French). National Bank of Belgium. December 2016. p. 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Development of Duties of Federal Loyalty" (PDF). McGill University (pdf). p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  6. ISBN 9782802738787. Archived
    from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b "IDEF : FELICITATIONS A M. ETIENNE CEREXHE" (in French). Institut international de Droit d'Expression et d'inspiration Françaises. 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  8. ISBN 9789707223004. Archived
    from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  9. Bruzz (in French). 25 June 2020. Archived
    from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Organization of the Constitutional Court". Constitutional Court. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Les membres de l'IDEF par Pays" (in French). Institut international de Droit d'Expression et d'inspiration Françaises. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Emeriti en ere-leden" (in French). Constitutional Court. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  13. ^ "ETIENNE CEREXHE" (PDF) (pdf). Larcier Group. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Kim en Tia krijgen Grootkruis in de Kroonorde". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Cerexhe, Étienne". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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