Marc Verwilghen


Marc Ernest Elisabeth Robert Juliette Verwilghen is a Belgian politician for Anders.
Verwilghen studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Ghent and is the holder of an honorary doctorate from Ghent.
A member of the Flemish liberal party, he was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1991 and 1995, and in 1999, to the Belgian Senate. In the Chamber he served as chairman of the Justice committee, and headed two special investigative committees into the events surrounding Marc Dutroux.
He served as Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2003, as Development co-operation minister 2003-2004, and then as Minister of Economy from 2004.
He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.

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