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Guy Verhofstadt
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Person

Guy Verhofstadt

b. 1953

Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008

Born
11 Apr 1953 · Dendermonde
Part ofBelgium54 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 84 years
  1. 11 Apr 1953BornBorn in Dendermonde
  2. 1985AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  3. 1985 – 1987RoleMember of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
  4. 1985 – 1987RoleDeputy Prime Minister of Belgium
  5. 1987 – 1988RoleDeputy Prime Minister of Belgium
  6. 1988 – 1991RoleMember of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
  7. 1991 – 1995RoleMember of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
  8. 1995AwardMinister of State
  9. 1995 – 1999RoleSenator of Belgium
  10. 1999 – 2008RolePrime Minister of Belgium
  11. 2000AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  12. 2001AwardCommanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
  13. 2002AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
  14. 2003RoleSenator of Belgium
  15. 2003AwardGrand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
  16. 2004AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  17. 2005AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Honour
  18. 2007AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Crown
  19. 2007RoleSenator of Belgium
  20. 2008AwardGrand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
  21. 2009 – 2014RoleMember of the European Parliament
  22. 2009 – 2019RolePresident
  23. 2014 – 2019RoleMember of the European Parliament
  24. 2015AwardSergei Magnitsky Human Rights Award
  25. 2019RoleMember of the European Parliament

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1953 – today).

  1. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  2. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  4. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  5. 1956Suez Crisis
  6. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  8. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  12. 1968Prague Spring
  13. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  14. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  15. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  16. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  18. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  19. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  20. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  21. 1985Schengen Agreement
  22. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  23. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  24. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  26. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  28. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  30. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  31. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  32. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  33. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  34. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  35. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  36. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  37. 20112011 Norway attacks
  38. 2011Libyan civil war
  39. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  40. 20122012 Summer Olympics

Biography

Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt (Dutch: [ˈɣi vərˈɦɔfstɑt] ; French: [ɡi vəʁɔfstad]; born 11 April 1953) is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. He was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium from 2009 until 2024. Verhofstadt was a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1985 to 2009. He served as deputy prime minister of Belgium and minister of Budget from 1985 to 1992. He was the prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. During this period, he gradually moved away from neoliberalism and became more of a centrist figure.

In the European Parliament, Verhofstadt was the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) from 2009 to 2019. In 2010, he co-founded the inter-parliamentarian Spinelli Group to support the creation of a European Federation. He was the ALDE Party nominee for President of the European Commission in the 2014 European Parliament election. He served as the European Parliament's Brexit Coordinator and Chair of the Brexit Steering Group from 2016 to 2020.

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