Jean_Defraigne

Jean Defraigne

Jean Defraigne

Belgian politician

Jean Pierre Marie Olivier Germain Defraigne (French: [dəfʁɛɲ]; 19 April 1929 – 15 March 2016) was a Belgian liberal politician and minister for the Liberal Reformist Party (PRL).[1]

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Career

Defraigne graduated as a doctor of law at the Université de Liège and was a lawyer and alderman in Liège. He was member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1965–1974 and 1977–1989) and senator in the Belgian Senate (1974–1977) for the PRL and was President (1981–1988) of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives of public work (1974–1976). In 1983, Jean Defraigne was appointed as minister of state. From 1989 to 1994 Defraigne served as a Member of the European Parliament, where he sat with the Liberal, Democrat and Reformist Group.

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    "Le ministre d'Etat Jean Defraigne, père de Christine, est décédé". lalibre.be. August 2023.
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