Philippe Busquin (born on 6 January 1941 in Feluy) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Politics of Belgium takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic Constitutional monarchy, whereby the A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. The French Community of Belgium (Communauté française de Belgique Franse Gemeenschap van België Französische Gemeinschaft Belgiens is one of the three official communities The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste PS is a Francophone Social democratic political party in Belgium. The Party of European Socialists (PES is a European political party comprising of thirty-three socialist, social democratic and labour The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU The Committee on Industry Research and Energy (ITRE is a Committee of the European Parliament.

Busquin is the chairman of the Scientific Technology Options Assessment Panel. He also is a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. The Committee on the Environment Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI is a committee of the European Parliament. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

Education

• 1962: Degree in physics from the Free University of Brussels
• 1976: Postgraduate certificate in environmental studies
• 1980: First degree in philosophy at the Free University of Brussels

Career

• 1962-1977: Lecturer at the Nivelles teacher training college
• Assistant lecturer at the Free University of Brussels
• 1992-1999: Chairman of the PS
• since 1992: Vice-President of the Socialist International
• 1994-1996: Vice-President of the PES
• 1995-1999: Mayor of Seneffe
• 1977-1978: Ordinary Member for the province of Hainaut
• 1982-1986: Minister for the Budget and Energy for the Walloon Region
• 1986: Minister of Economic Affairs for the Walloon Region
• 1979-1994: Member of the national Parliament
• 1994-1999: Senator
• 1980-1982: Minister of Education
• 1981: Minister of the Interior
• 1987: Minister for Social Affairs
• since 1992: Minister of State
• 1999-2004: Member of the Commission with responsibility for research

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium)

External links

• European Parliament biography of Philippe Busquin (incl. A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of Higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. A certificate is an official Document affirming some fact For example a Birth certificate or Death certificate testifies to basic facts regarding See also Nature The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a terminology that is comprised of all living and Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Seneffe is a Walloon Municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on June 13, 2004. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (French)