Guy Verhofstadt

Guy Verhofstadt was born on 11 April 1953.

He led three governments from 1999 to 2008

Political party: VLD, Open VLD

Studies

Law at the University of Ghent

2008: To resolve a government crisis, Guy Verhofstadt is appointed Prime Minister of an interim government before Yves Leterme forms a definitive government.
2007: Member of the European Parliament and President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group
1999-2007: Prime Minister
1997: For the second time, President of the VLD
1996: Reporter for the Rwanda Commission established by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs following the Rwandan genocide
1992-1995: Founder and President of the VLD (Flemish Liberals and Democrats - The party of the citizen)
1989: President of the PVV
1985-1988: Member of Parliament, then Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget, Science Policy, and the Plan in the Martens VI government
1982: President of the PVV. At 29, he is the youngest party president in the country.
1979: President of the PVV Youth
1977: Political Secretary to PVV President Willy De Clercq
1976: Municipal Councilor
1971-1975: Active member and then President of the Liberal Flemish Students' Union LVSV at the University of Ghent

As a lawyer, he began as an advisor to Willy De Clercq, President of the PVV and Minister of Finance