Armand De Decker

Armand De Decker (8 October 1948 – 12 June 2019) was a Belgian politician and member of the French-speaking liberal party Mouvement Réformateur (MR).

Armand De Decker
De Decker in 2001
President of the Senate
In office 12 July 2007 – 20 July 2010
Preceded by	Anne-Marie Lizin
Succeeded by	Danny Pieters
In office 14 July 1999 – 20 July 2004
Preceded by	Frank Swaelen
Succeeded by	Anne-Marie Lizin
Personal details
Born	(1948-10-08)8 October 1948 Brussels, Belgium
Died	12 June 2019(2019-06-12) (aged 70) Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Political party	Reformist Movement
Alma mater	Free University of Brussels, French
Website	Official website

De Decker studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and practised law. He was also Mayor of city Uccle between 2006 and 2017. He died on 12 June 2019.^[1]

Political career

• In 1981 he was elected for the Parti Réformateur Libéral to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives where he served until 1995.
• In 1995 he was elected to the Belgian Senate, and re-elected in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2010.^[2]
  • From 1999 to 2003, and from 2007 to 2010, he was President of the Senate.
  • Beginning in 2010, he was second vice-president of the senate.
• He served as president of the council of the Brussels-Capital Region from 1995 to 1999.
• From 20 July 2004 to 12 July 2007, De Decker served as the minister responsible for Development Cooperation in the Belgian Federal Government.
• Until 17 June 2017^[3] he was mayor of Uccle.

Honours

National honours

• Grand Cross of the Order of Crown (6 June 2010)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II (11 May 2003)
• Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold (9 June 1999)

Foreign honours

•  Colombia : Grand Officer of the Order of San Carlos (4 February 1997)
•  Denmark : Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (28 February 2002) °
•  Finland : Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose (30 March 2004) °
•  France : Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (9 July 1997)
•  Greece : Grand Officer of the Order of the Phoenix (1er January 1994)
•  Italy : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (15 October 2002) °
•  Malta : Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
•  Mexico : Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (10 December 2002) °
•  Norway : Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (20 May 2003) °
•  Netherlands : Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
•  Peru : Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun (2006) *
•  Spain : Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (12 May 2000) °
•  Sweden : Commander Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (8 May 2001) °

Notes

1. L'ex-président du Sénat et ex-bourgmestre d'Uccle Armand de Decker (MR) est décédé (in French)
2. "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
3. "De Decker neemt ontslag als burgemeester Ukkel". De Tijd (in Dutch).

External links

• (in French) Sénat Belge, biographie
• (in French) Senators Biography 2007, pp. 97–104

Political offices
Preceded by Frank Swaelen	President of the Senate 1999–2004	Succeeded by Anne-Marie Lizin
Preceded by Anne-Marie Lizin	President of the Senate 2007–2010	Succeeded by Danny Pieters