Boudewijn Bouckaert

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Boudewijn Bouckaert
Born (1947-07-21) 21 July 1947 (age 76)
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)politician, professor

Boudewijn Bouckaert (born 21 July 1947) is a

Cassandra and Libera!
.

Boudewijn Bouckaert holds a

of the Department of Legal Theory and History at Ghent University and was chairperson of the European Master in Law and Economics program.

He has been lecturer at the Institute for Humane Studies in Fairfax, Virginia, at the Institute for Economic Studies in Paris, France, and also a visitor at Harvard University. He used to sit on the Belgian High Council for Judicial Matters and was chairman of the Land Management Committee. He is also a member of the international free-market group Mont Pelerin Society.

In 2006, Boudewijn Bouckaert succeeded professor Matthias Storme as chairman of the Overlegcentrum van Vlaamse Verenigingen (OVV, or Meeting Association of Flemish Organizations), a flamingant organisation in Belgium.

On 7 June 2007, his pregnant wife

cerebral hemorrhage
. Their unborn son Elias could also not be saved.

VLD

Bouckaert was a member of the board of the

CD&V, the N-VA and the Vlaams Belang."[1] His opinions were against the party line, and an agreement within the VLD to not criticize the party line. A conflict ensued between Bouckaert and party chairman Bart Somers
, which ended on 8 July 2005, when Bouckaert stepped down from the party board.

After the dismissal of

List Dedecker
foundation.

Trivia

References

  1. ^ "Het hart op de tong van Boudewijn Bouckaert (VLD)" (in Dutch). Tertio. 29 June 2005. Archived from the original on 11 November 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2006.
  2. ^ "Boudewijn Bouckaert stapt uit de VLD" (in Dutch). VRT Nieuws. 27 October 2006.
  3. ^ "Ook professor Bouckaert maakt overstap" (in Dutch). De Standaard. 30 November 2006.
  4. ^ "PCPE – Prague Conference on Political Economy". Pcpe.libinst.cz. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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