Jacques Neirynck

Jacques Julien Neirynck was a Belgian-Swiss writer, politician and academic who was a professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.

Life and career

Neirynck was born in Uccle, Belgium in 1931. He studied electrical engineering at UCLouvain, eventually graduating with a PhD in 1958 and then becoming a professor. Around 1994, he became a Swiss citizen. Neirynck died in Écublens, Vaud on 24 July 2025, at the age of 93.
He was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland. He was a member of the National Council between 1999 and 2003 as well as between 2007 and 2015.