Michel Daerden

Contact:
Rue Ernest Blérot 1
1070 Brussels
02 238 2811
michel.daerden@minsoc.fed.be

Pensions
Federal Public Planning Service Social Integration and Economy, Fight Against Poverty (“Big City Policy”)
Supervision of National Pensions Office (ONP)

Member of the Walloon Socialist Party
Member of various local bodies (1982 to date), federal bodies (1985 to date) and general bodies (1987 to date) of the Walloon Socialist Party
Communal councillor (1982 to date)
Deputy mayor (from 1991 to 1993)
Burgermeister of the Commune of Ans (1993 to date)
Member of parliament for the Liège constituency (1987 to date)
Federal Minister of Science Policy and Infrastructures (1994 - 1995)
Federal Minister of Transport (1995 - 1999)
Regional Minister for Employment, Training and Housing (July 1999 - April 2000)
Vice-President of the Walloon government, in charge of finance, the budget, housing, equipment and public works (from April 2000 to June 2004)
Minister for the Budget of the French Community (from June 2003 to June 2004)
Vice-President of the Walloon government, in charge of the budget, finance, equipment and heritage (July 2004 - July 2007)
Vice-President of the French Community, in charge of the budget and finance (July 2004 - July 2007)
Vice-President of the Walloon government, in charge of the budget, finance and equipment (July 2007 - July 2009)
Vice-President of the French Community, in charge of the budget, finance, the civil service and sport (July 2007 - July 2009)
Federal Minister for Pensions and Big Cities (July 2009 to date)

Degree in commercial and financial sciences, Liège Business School, 1971, with merit
Associate professor of commercial sciences at higher secondary level, Liege Business School, 1973, with distinction
Degree in applied economic sciences (core module: business administration, optional module: corporate economics), Mons State University, 1975
Special degree in auditing, Mons State University, 1977, with distinction

Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union