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Philippe Maystadt

Education
Ph.D. in law (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium), Master of Arts in public administration (Claremont Graduate School, Los Angeles, USA)

Career
1970 - 1977 Assistant professor at the Catholic University of Louvain
1975 Co-author of the book „L‘intervention des pouvoirs publics dans la vie économique“, awarded with the Special Prize of the „Association des Juristes d‘entreprises“ (Ed. Bruylant)
1977 - 1991 Member of the House of Representatives
1979 - 1980 Secretary of State for the Walloon
Region in charge of regional economy and urban planning
1980 - 1981 Minister for Civil Service and Scientific Policy
1981 - 1985 Minister of Budget, Scientific Policy and Planning
1985 - 1986 Minister of Economic Affairs
1986 - 1988 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs
1988 Author of the book „Ecouter et puis décider“ (Ed. Duculot)
1988 - June 1998 Minister of Finance for 10 years (= longest term as a Belgian Finance Minister)
1989 - ... Part-time professor at the Law Faculty of the Catholic University of Louvain; Sept‘90 Awarded title of „Finance Minister of the year“ by Euromoney Magazine
Sept‘90 - Sept‘91 Chairman of the G-10 Ministers of Finance
Sept‘93 - Dec‘93 Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Economy and Finance of the European Community
1993 - June 1998 Chairman of the Interim Committee of the International Monetary Fund (= longest serving Chairman in the IMF‘s history)
June‘95 – Sept‘95 Minister of Finance andForeign Trade
Sept‘95 – June‘98 Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade
April‘97 – April‘98 Chairman of the Council of Governors of the EBRD
April‘98 Author of the book „Comprendre l‘économie : l‘Etat et le marché à l‘heure de la mondialisation“ (Ed. Luc Pire) – Second edition published in 2003
19 June 1998 President of the PSC (Parti Social Chrétien)
13 June 1999 Elected Member of the Senate
1 January 2000 President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank