Dirk De fauw

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Dirk De fauw
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Dirk De fauw (second from left) in 2019
Mayor of Bruges
Assumed office
January 1, 2019
Preceded byRenaat Landuyt
Personal details
Born
Dirk De fauw

(1957-07-12) July 12, 1957 (age 64)
Varsenare, Belgium
Political partyCD&V
OccupationLawyer

Dirk De fauw (born December 7, 1957) is a Belgian politician of the CD&V party. He is the son of  [nl], a politician of the CVP who was municipal councilor of Sint-Andries, provincial councilor in West Flanders and deputy of the same province. Dirk De fauw studied law and is a lawyer.

He is the current mayor of Bruges.

Career[]

He is a Municipal councilor of Bruges since 1983 and a Provincial councilor of West Flanders since 1986. In 1991 he became party leader for the CD&V in the West Flemish provincial council. After the provincial elections of October 21, 1994, he was appointed vice-chairman of the provincial council. He has been an Alderman of Public Works in the city of Bruges from 1995 to 2000. From 2001 to 2012, he was member of the permanent deputation of the province of West Flanders. In 2013 he became an alderman for welfare, diversity and policiy of the North-South, and was also chairman of the OCMW in Bruges, until the end of 2018.

In early 2011, he was appointed CD&V party leader for the October 2012 municipal elections. This made him a candidate successor to the then mayor and fellow party member Patrick Moenaert.[1] However, the SP.A party received slightly more votes than CD&V in the elections, and De fauw, according to the agreement made, did not become mayor.[2] Under Landuyt he was alderman and OCMW chairman; he did not continue his mandate as deputy because of the incompatibility of the offices.[3]

In the municipal elections of October 14, 2018, the CD&V emerged as the main party. De fauw reached a coalition agreement with the lists of the SP.A and Open Vld, resulting in a majority that nominated him as future mayor. He has been mayor of the city of Bruges since January 1, 2019.

De fauw was stabbed on the morning of June 20, 2020, being cut in the neck.[4] The suspected perpetrator was immediately arrested and the public prosecutor of Bruges started an investigation for attempted murder.[5] The perpetrator was put in a psychiatric institution as insane.

References[]

  1. ^ Dirk De fauw kandidaat-burgemeester in Brugge
  2. ^ "SP.A is uiteindelijk de grootste in Brugge". deredactie.be (in Dutch). October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Dirk De fauw wordt schepen onder Landuyt". deredactie.be (in Dutch). October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  4. ^ "Belgium: Bruges mayor stabbed by ex-client". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Brugse burgemeester Dirk De fauw (CD&V) neergestoken, "Toestand niet ernstig"". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). June 20, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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