Pierre Jonckheer was born on 5 May 1951 and is a Belgian economist and politician, member of the Belgian French-speaking Green party, Ecolo.
10 Facts About Pierre Jonckheer
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Pierre Jonckheer became an assistant professor in the Department of Economics of the Catholic University of Louvain.
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Pierre Jonckheer then worked with different NGOs and in 1982 spent three months in Sri Lanka where he studied the working conditions of the Tamils.
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Since 1973, Pierre Jonckheer has been a professor in the further education universities ISCO, CERGECO and FOPES.
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In 2008 Pierre Jonckheer co-founded the Green European Foundation and is today its Co-President.
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Pierre Jonckheer was first elected as first substitute on the European Election list of 1989.
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Pierre Jonckheer was the President of the Green Group at the Senate as well as member of the European Affairs Committee.
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Pierre Jonckheer participated in the Enquiry Committee of the Rwanda Genocide.
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Pierre Jonckheer was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
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Pierre Jonckheer joined in the debates of the Services in the Internal Market Directive as well as on the European Constitutional Treaty.