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Karel De Gucht

Karel De Gucht
Personal data
Date of birth27 January 1954(age 61)
Place of birthOvermere, Belgium
Political partyOpen Flemish Liberals and Democrats
SpouseMireille Schreurs
ChildrenFrédéric
Jean-Jacques
Alma materFree University of Brussels, Dutch
ProfessionLawyer
Professor
European Commissioner for Trade
Assumed office9 February 2010
Preceded byBenita Ferrero-Waldner (Trade and Neighbourhood Policy)
European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid
In office17 July 2009 - 9 February 2010
Succeeded byAndris Piebalgs (Development)
Kristalina Georgieva (International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response)
Preceded byLouis Michel
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office18 July 2004 - 17 July 2009
Prime ministerGuy Verhofstadt
Yves Leterme
Herman Van Rompuy
Succeeded byYves Leterme
Preceded byLouis Michel

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Karel Lodewijk Georgette Emmerence De Gucht (born 27 January 1954 in Overmere) is the current European Commissioner for Trade, from Belgium. Previously, he had been the Development & Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a former chairman of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), a Belgian political party. In January 2004 he was forced to step down as chairman and was temporarily replaced until after the elections of 4 June by Dirk Sterckx. The reason for his resignation was a conflict between Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt and him about a proposal to give non-citizen immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections, which De Gucht opposed. The conflict severely damaged the party's reputation, as reflected in the 2004 Belgian regional elections results.

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EU Commissioner Karel De Gucht in the 'Top 10 Anti-Semitic Slurs of 2010' list - European Jewish Press Tweet this news
European Jewish Press--NEW YORK (EJP)-- -Karel de Gucht-, European Commissioner for Trade, is in the "Top 10 Anti-Semitic Slurs of 2010'' list established by the Los Angeles-based ... - Date : Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:31:19 GMT+00:00
EU De Gucht: China, EU Agree To Treat Products Equally Regardless Of Patent ... - NASDAQ Tweet this news
NASDAQ---...- EU Trade Commissioner -Karel De Gucht- said at a news conference after the conclusion of the third EU-China High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue. ... - Date : Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:38:37 GMT+00:00
EU Trade Chief: Doha Deal Must Get Done Next Year - NASDAQ Tweet this news
NASDAQ---...- a risk, that a Doha deal will never be done," EU Trade Commissioner -Karel De Gucht- said, adding that it will take a lot of political will. ... - Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:15:22 GMT+00:00
Finally, a Doha Deadline? - The American (blog) Tweet this news
The American (blog)--An obscure Eurocrat, with an unpronounceable last name (-Karel de Gucht-, with a soft-G, as he told his introducer who mangled it), ... - Date : Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:43:19 GMT+00:00
EU-India free trade talks reach decisive moment: Official - Sify Tweet this news
Sify--Brussels, Dec 9 (IANS) European Union Trade Commissioner -Karel De Gucht- said Thursday that negotiations between India and the 27-member European bloc on a ... - Date : Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:47:53 GMT+00:00
EU official welcomes US trade policy shift - Financial Times Tweet this news
Financial Times--In an interview with the Financial Times in Washington ahead of bilateral talks with US officials on Friday, -Karel de Gucht-, EU trade commissioner, ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:47:29 GMT+00:00
Transatlantic Economic Council Meeting Press Briefing December 17, 2010 - US Department of State (press release) Tweet this news
US Department of State (press release)--Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Mike Froman and European Union Trade Commissioner -Karel De Gucht- will brief the press ... - Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:26:27 GMT+00:00
China, EU to Hold Dialogue on Economy, Trade in Beijing - CRIENGLISH.com Tweet this news
CRIENGLISH.com---...- European Union Economics and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn and European Union Trade Commissioner -Karel De Gucht-, she said. ... - Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:52:34 GMT+00:00
US, EU looking for common rules to boost growth in jobs - BusinessWorld Online Tweet this news
BusinessWorld Online--Trade Commissioner -Karel De Gucht- will lead the EU delegation and is also expected to meet US Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Despite the talk of cooperation ... - Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:23:08 GMT+00:00
Helen Thomas comments top Wiesenthal Center's list of anti-Semitic slurs - Los Angeles Independent Tweet this news
Los Angeles Independent---...- Christina Patterson, a journalist with the London-based newspaper The Independent, former Malaysian Premier Mahatir Mohammad, -Karel de Gucht-, ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:02:18 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Louis Michel
Minister of Foreign Affairs
2004 - 2009
Succeeded by
Yves Leterme
Belgian European Commissioner
2009 - present
Incumbent
European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid
2009 - 2010
Succeeded by
Kristalina Georgieva
as European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
Preceded by
Benita Ferrero-Waldner
as European Commissioner for Trade and Neighbourhood Policy
European Commissioner for Trade
2010 - present
Incumbent

Barroso Commission I (2004 �2009)

Joaquín Almunia * Catherine Ashton6 * José Manuel Barroso1 * Jacques Barrot2 * Joe Borg * Karel De Gucht9 * Stavros Dimas * Benita Ferrero-Waldner * Ján Figeľ10 * Franco Frattini2, 5 * Mariann Fischer Boel * Dalia Grybauskaitė7 * Danuta Hübner8 * Siim Kallas2 * László Kovács * Neelie Kroes * Meglena Kuneva3 * Markos Kyprianou4 * Peter Mandelson6 * Charlie McCreevy * Louis Michel9 * Leonard Orban3 * Andris Piebalgs * Janez Potočnik * Viviane Reding * Olli Rehn * Paweł Samecki8 * Maroš Šefčovič10 * Algirdas Šemeta7 * Vladimír Špidla * Antonio Tajani2, 5 * Androulla Vassiliou4 * Günter Verheugen2 * Margot Wallström2

Barroso Commission II (since 2010)

Joaquín Almunia2 * László Andor * Catherine Ashton2 * Michel Barnier * José Manuel Barroso1 * Dacian Cioloş * John Dalli * Maria Damanaki * Štefan Füle * Máire Geoghegan-Quinn * Kristalina Georgieva * Karel De Gucht * Johannes Hahn * Connie Hedegaard * Siim Kallas2 * Neelie Kroes2 * Janusz Lewandowski * Cecilia Malmström * Günther Oettinger * Andris Piebalgs * Janez Potočnik * Viviane Reding2 * Olli Rehn * Antonio Tajani2 * Androulla Vassiliou * Maroš Šefčovič2 * Algirdas Šemeta



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