Johan Vande Lanotte

Johan Cyrille Corneel Vande Lanotte (b. 6 July 1955, Poperinge) is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the SP.A, and became its party president on 15 October 2005. He handed down his leadership positions after the SP.A lost in the 2007 general election.

Studies

In 1978 he graduated magna cum laude in "Political and Social Sciences" (Master degree) from the University of Antwerp. In 1981 he added, again magna cum laude, a master in Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

He graduated as Doctor in Law at the Ghent University in 1986. The subject of his dissertation was "decentralisation in the Belgian political context". It was awarded with the Prize of the Belgian Institute for Administrative Sciences.

During his doctorate, he studied at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Lausanne) with the Von Calcken scholarship of the Council of Europe, at the Lille University (France), the Leiden University (Netherlands) and the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec.

Curriculum

Professional

*1978-1981: City of Ghent administration.
*1982-1983: assistant at the departement of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Antwerp.
*1983-1987: assistant at the Law department of the Ghent University.
*1986: apprentice lawyer in Ghent.
*1987-1990 : assistant auditor and auditor at the Council of State (Belgium)
*since 1988 : professor public law at the Ghent University
*1988-1991: part time professor public law at the Ghent University
*since 1991: part time professor public law at the Ghent University, combined with a part time professorship at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Political

*1988-1991 : Chief of cabinet of the Minister of the Interior
*1991- : Member of Parliament
*1994-1995 : Minister of the Interior and of Civil Service Affairs
*1995-1998 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior
*1999-2003 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget, Social Integration and Social Economy
*2003-2005 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget and Public Enterprises
*2005 - 2007 : SP.a party president
*Since 2006 : Minister of State (honorary title)

External links

* [http://www.johanvandelanotte.be/ Johan Vande Lanotte] (Personal website)