Philippe Moureaux

Philippe Moureaux
Minister-President of the French Community
In office
12 February 1988  9 May 1988
Preceded by Philippe Monfils
Succeeded by Valmy Feaux
In office
22 December 1981  9 December 1985
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Philippe Monfils
Personal details
Born (1939-04-12) 12 April 1939
Etterbeek, Belgium
Political party Socialist Party
Alma mater Free University of Belgium, French

Philippe Moureaux (born 12 April 1939 in Etterbeek) is a Belgian politician, senator, former mayor of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and professor of economic history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He holds the honorary title of Minister of State and is a member of the Order of Leopold II and the Order of Leopold.

Minister

His first government post was a Minister of the Interior and Institutional Reform in the government of Wilfried Martens (Martens III) in 1980. Moureaux's name was attached to the loi contre le racisme et la xénophobie (Law against Racism and Xenophobia) of 30 July 1981 as he was then serving as Minister of Justice.

Resigning from the Federal Government in 1993, Moureaux's coalition defeated the incumbent mayor of Molenbeek Léon Spiegels at the 1994 council elections. A key part of Moureaux's campaign, then and since, was the involvement of ethnic minorities in the campaign, Mariem Bouselmati of Ecolo being the first Belgian of Moroccan origin elected in Molenbeek. In 2004, as a senator, Moureaux submitted the law granting the right of foreigners to vote in municipal elections.

However, Moureaux's attempts at revitalizing the municipality have not been successful. An example was the withdrawal of BBDO in June 2011 from the town. In an open letter addressed to Moureaux, ten employees of this American advertising agency cited over 150 attacks on their staff by locals as principal reason for their departure.[1] As a result, serious questions have been raised about governance, security, and the administration of Mayor Moureaux.[2]

Honours


Select bibliography

Les comptes d'une société charbonnière à la fin de l'Ancien Régime (La société de Redemont à Haine-St-Pierre - La Hestre). Brussels, Palais des Académies, 1969. 248 p., illustrated, (Commission Royale d'Histoire).

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Political offices
New office Minister-President of the French Community
1981–1985
Succeeded by
Philippe Monfils
Preceded by
Philippe Monfils
Minister-President of the French Community
1988
Succeeded by
Valmy Feaux
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