Stefaan De Clerck

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Stefaan De Clerck
Minister of Justice
In office
30 December 2008 – 6 December 2011
Prime MinisterHerman Van Rompuy
Yves Leterme
Preceded byJo Vandeurzen
Succeeded byAnnemie Turtelboom
In office
28 June 1995 – 24 April 1998
Prime MinisterJean-Luc Dehaene
Preceded byMelchior Wathelet
Succeeded byTony Van Parys
Personal details
Born (1951-12-12) 12 December 1951 (age 72)
Political party
Christian Democratic and Flemish

Stefaan Maria Joris Yolanda[

Belgian Chamber of Representatives. De Clerck was mayor of Kortrijk
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Regarding re-instituting the death penalty in Belgium after the "Joker" murders of 2009, GlobalPost quotes De Clerck as saying: "That is not something for our times. It's not by killing somebody that we solve society's problems, just look at the United States."

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