Tony Van Parys
Belgian politician
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| Intro | Belgian politician | |
| Places | Belgium | |
| is | Politician Lawyer | |
| Work field | Law Politics | |
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| Birth | 21 June 1951, Ghent, Belgium | |
| Age | 73 years | |
| Star sign | Cancer | |
| Politics: | Christian Democratic And Flemish |
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Biography
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 Philippe Laurent 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.