Tony Van Parys

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Tony Van Parys
Tony Van Parys visits Werktuigdagen Oudenaard in 2007

Senator
In office 28 June 2007 – June 2010

Personal details
Born	21 June 1951 Ghent
Nationality	Belgian
Political party	Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams
Residence	Wondelgem

Tony J.M.M. Van Parys (born 21 June 1951) is a Belgian CD&V politician.

Van Parys was first chosen to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1985, on a CVP ticket. He was chiefly Minister of Justice in the second Dehaene government (1998-1999).

Van Parys was part of the 1988 parliamentary commission looking into the "ways that banditry and terrorism suppression are organized [in Belgium]." Together with of the Parti social chrétien he wrote the main report that detailed the results.

He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.^[1]

Notes[]

^ "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate. Retrieved 10 June 2009.

Preceded by Stefaan De Clerck	Belgian Minister of Justice 24 April 1998–12 July 1999	Succeeded by Marc Verwilghen

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