Tony Van Parys Explained

Tony Van Parys
Office:Senator
Term Start:28 June 2007
Term End:June 2010
Birth Date:21 June 1951
Birth Place:Ghent
Nationality:Belgian
Party:Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams
Residence:Wondelgem

Tony J.M.M. Van Parys (born 21 June 1951) is a Belgian CD&V politician.

Van Parys was first chosen to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1985, on a CVP ticket. He was chiefly Minister of Justice in the second Dehaene government (1998-1999).

Van Parys was part of the 1988 parliamentary commission looking into the "ways that banditry and terrorism suppression are organized [in Belgium]." Together with Philippe Laurent of the Parti social chrétien he wrote the main report that detailed the results.

He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.[1] Van Parys succeeded Erik De Lembre as chairman of the board of directors of Ghent's Arteveldehogeschool in October 2011.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belgische Senaat . . Dutch . 10 June 2009.
  2. Web site: Tony Van Parys is nieuwe voorzitter Arteveldehogeschool . 2022-11-15 . Het Nieuwsblad . nl-BE.