Guy Verhofstadt

Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008

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Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgium for nine years, from 1999 to 2008. His tenure during this period shaped Belgian domestic policy and the country's role in European affairs during an important time for the European Union.

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Born: 1953
Works: 16

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La quadrature des classes
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Plaidoyer pour une société ouverte
Les Etats-Unis d'Europe
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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1936-07-30

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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.