Guido De Padt (born 23 May 1954) is a Belgian politician and Senator[1] for the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. Since December 2011, he also is the mayor of Geraardsbergen, an office he also held from 2001 until 2006.

Guido De Padt
Guido De Padt in 2009
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
20 July 2010
Mayor of Geraardsbergen
Assumed office
30 December 2011
Preceded byFreddy De Chou
In office
1 January 2001 – 31 December 2006
Preceded byFreddy De Chou
Succeeded byFreddy De Chou
Government Commissioner
In office
17 July 2009 – 20 July 2010
Prime MinisterYves Leterme
Minister of the Interior
In office
30 December 2008 – 17 July 2009
Prime MinisterHerman Van Rompuy
Preceded byPatrick Dewael
Succeeded byAnnemie Turtelboom
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
17 May 2003 – 30 December 2008
Personal details
Born (1954-05-23) 23 May 1954 (age 70)
Geraardsbergen, Belgium
Political partyOpen Flemish Liberals and Democrats

He started his national career as member of the Chamber of Representatives. From December 2008 to July 2009, he was Minister of the Interior in the Van Rompuy I Government.[2] In the Leterme II Government, he was appointed government commissioner for the internal audit of the federal government.[3] In 2011, he replaced the socialist Freddy De Chou [nl] as mayor of Geraardsbergen. He got national media attention as strong defender to keep the Muur van Geraardsbergen in the Tour of Flanders. His party won the 2012 local elections in Geraardsbergen with 36% of the votes, while he got 25.8% of the preference votes. In contrast with other liberal leaders in Flanders, his popularity had grown.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Guido De Padt". senate.be.
  2. ^ "Composition of the Van Rompuy I government" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Composition of the Leterme II government" (PDF).
  4. ^ NWS, VRT. "VRT NWS". vrtnws.be. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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Political offices
Preceded by
Freddy De Chou
Mayor of Geraardsbergen
2001–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of the Interior
2008–2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Geraardsbergen
2011–present
Incumbent