Rik Daems

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Rik Daems
Daems in 2021
Born
Hendrik Jules Joseph Daems

(1959-08-18) 18 August 1959 (age 64)
NationalityBelgian
Occupationpolitician
SpouseSophie Pécriaux [fr]

Hendrik Jules Joseph "Rik" Daems (born 18 August 1959) is a Belgian painter, wine trader and

Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) and member of the city council of Leuven
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Early life and education

Rik Daems' father,

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Political career

In addition to his role in national politics, Daems has been a member of the Belgian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2007, and led the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe – the third largest of the assembly's five political groups –- from 2017 until his election as president. In 2019, he was the assembly's rapporteur on the activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)[2] as well as on minimum standards for electoral systems.[3]

Recognition

References

  1. ^ http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-en.asp?newsid=7754&lang=2
  2. ^ "Is the EBRD's model of promoting democracy through investment having any effect?" (Press release). Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. 3 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Setting minimum standards for electoral systems to ensure free and fair elections" (Press release). Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. 12 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Koninklijk Besluit nationale orden bij koninklijke besluiten van 26 mei 2014 zijn de hierna vermelde leden van het Europees Parlement bevorderd of benoemd : Leopoldsorde grootofficier mevr. Durant, Isabelle, ondervoorzitster van het Europees Parlement de heer Belet, Ivo". etaamb.be.

External links

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