Elio Di Rupo | |
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Prime Minister of Belgium | |
In office 6 December 2011 – 11 October 2014 | |
Monarchs | Albert II Philippe |
Preceded by | Yves Leterme |
Succeeded by | Charles Michel |
Minister-President of Wallonia | |
In office 13 September 2019 – 15 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Willy Borsus |
Succeeded by | Adrien Dolimont |
In office 6 October 2005 – 20 July 2007 | |
Preceded by | André Antoine |
Succeeded by | Rudy Demotte |
In office 15 July 1999 – 4 April 2000 | |
Preceded by | Robert Collignon |
Succeeded by | Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe |
Leader of the Socialist Party | |
In office 22 November 2014 – 21 October 2019 | |
Preceded by | Paul Magnette |
Succeeded by | Paul Magnette |
In office 16 September 1999 – 6 December 2011 | |
Preceded by | Philippe Busquin |
Succeeded by | Thierry Giet |
Mayor of Mons | |
In office 8 October 2000 – 3 December 2018 | |
Preceded by | Maurice Lafosse |
Succeeded by | Nicolas Martin |
Member of the European Parliament for Belgium | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
Constituency | French-speaking electoral college |
Personal details | |
Born | Morlanwelz, Belgium | 18 July 1951
Political party | Socialist Party |
Alma mater | University of Mons-Hainaut University of Leeds |
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Elio Di Rupo (French: [eljo di ʁupo];[1] born 18 July 1951) is a Belgian politician who has served as the minister-president of Wallonia since 2019. He is affiliated with the Socialist Party. Di Rupo previously served as the prime minister of Belgium from 6 December 2011 to 11 October 2014, heading the Di Rupo Government. He was the first francophone to hold the office since Paul Vanden Boeynants in 1979,[2] and the country's first socialist prime minister since Edmond Leburton left office in 1974. Di Rupo was also Belgium's first prime minister of non-Belgian descent, and the world's second openly gay person and first openly gay man to be head of government in modern times.
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