Willy Kuijpers | |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1937 |
Birth Place: | Leuven, Belgium |
Nationality: | Belgian |
Party: | VU N-VA |
Office: | Member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives |
Term Start: | 1971 |
Term End: | 1984 |
Office2: | First Alderman of Herent |
Term Start2: | 1983 |
Term End2: | 1988 |
Office3: | Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch-speaking electoral college |
Term Start3: | 24 July 1984 |
Term End3: | 24 July 1989 |
Predecessor3: | Maurits Coppieters |
Successor3: | Karel Dillen |
Office4: | Senator |
Term Start4: | 1989 |
Term End4: | 1995 |
Office5: | Member of the Flemish Parliament |
Term Start5: | 1995 |
Term End5: | 1997 |
Willy Kuijpers (1 January 1937 – 17 November 2020) was a Belgian politician.[1]
A Flemish nationalist, he sat in the Belgian Federal Parliament (both as a representative and a senator), the Flemish Parliament, and the European Parliament, as well as being active in local politics and serving as mayor of Herent.[2] He had a particular interest in education policy and international development aid.[2]
Kuijpers died from COVID-19 in 2020.[3]