| Guido De Padt | |
| Office: | Member of the Senate |
| Term Start: | 20 July 2010 |
| Office1: | Mayor of Geraardsbergen |
| Term Start1: | 30 December 2011 |
| Predecessor1: | Freddy De Chou |
| Term Start2: | 1 January 2001 |
| Term End2: | 31 December 2006 |
| Predecessor2: | Freddy De Chou |
| Successor2: | Freddy De Chou |
| Office3: | Government Commissioner |
| Primeminister3: | Yves Leterme |
| Term Start3: | 17 July 2009 |
| Term End3: | 20 July 2010 |
| Office4: | Minister of the Interior |
| Primeminister4: | Herman Van Rompuy |
| Term Start4: | 30 December 2008 |
| Term End4: | 17 July 2009 |
| Predecessor4: | Patrick Dewael |
| Successor4: | Annemie Turtelboom |
| Office5: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives |
| Term Start5: | 17 May 2003 |
| Term End5: | 30 December 2008 |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Geraardsbergen, Belgium |
| Party: | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats |
Guido De Padt (born 23 May 1954) is a Belgian politician and Senator[1] for the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. Since December 2011, he also is the mayor of Geraardsbergen, an office he also held from 2001 until 2006.
He started his national career as member of the Chamber of Representatives. From December 2008 to July 2009, he was Minister of the Interior in the Van Rompuy I Government.[2] In the Leterme II Government, he was appointed government commissioner for the internal audit of the federal government.[3] In 2011, he replaced the socialist as mayor of Geraardsbergen. He got national media attention as strong defender to keep the Muur van Geraardsbergen in the Tour of Flanders. His party won the 2012 local elections in Geraardsbergen with 36% of the votes, while he got 25.8% of the preference votes. In contrast with other liberal leaders in Flanders, his popularity had grown.[4]
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