Philippe Moureaux
| Philippe Moureaux | |
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| Minister-President of the French Community | |
| In office 12 February 1988 – 9 May 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Philippe Monfils |
| Succeeded by | Valmy Feaux |
| In office 22 December 1981 – 9 December 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Monfils |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 April 1939 Etterbeek, Belgium |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | Free University of Belgium, French |
Philippe Moureaux (born 12 April 1939 in Etterbeek) is a Belgian politician, senator, former mayor of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and professor of economic history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He holds the honorary title of Minister of State and is a member of the Order of Leopold II and the Order of Leopold.
His first government post was a Minister of the Interior and Institutional Reform in the government of Wilfried Martens (Martens III) in 1980. Moureaux's name was attached to the loi contre le racisme et la xénophobie (Law against Racism and Xenophobia) of 30 July 1981 as he was then serving as Minister of Justice.
Resigning from the Federal Government in 1993, Moureaux's coalition defeated the incumbent mayor of Molenbeek fr at the 1994 council elections. A key part of Moureaux's campaign, then and since, was the involvement of ethnic minorities in the campaign, fr of Ecolo being the first Belgian of Moroccan origin elected in Molenbeek. In 2004, as a senator, Moureaux submitted the law granting the right of foreigners to vote in municipal elections.
However, Moureaux's attempts at revitalizing the municipality have not been successful. An example was the withdrawal of BBDO in June 2011 from the town. In an open letter addressed to Moureaux, ten employees of this American advertising agency cited over 150 attacks on their staff by locals as principal reason for their departure.[1] As a result, serious questions have been raised about governance, security, and the administration of Mayor Moureaux.[2]
Select bibliography
Les comptes d'une société charbonnière à la fin de l'Ancien Régime (La société de Redemont à Haine-St-Pierre - La Hestre). Brussels, Palais des Académies, 1969. 248 p., illustrated, (Commission Royale d'Histoire).
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| Political offices | ||
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| New office | Minister-President of the French Community 1981–1985 |
Succeeded by Philippe Monfils |
| Preceded by | Minister-President of the French Community 1988 |
Succeeded by Valmy Feaux |
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