Guy Verhofstadt
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Guy Verhofstadt MEP |
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| Group Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Graham Watson |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2009 |
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| Constituency | Belgium |
| Prime Minister of Belgium | |
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In office 12 July 1999 – 20 March 2008 |
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| Monarch | Albert II |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Luc Dehaene |
| Succeeded by | Yves Leterme |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Beligum | |
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In office 14 May 1985 – 7 March 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | Wilfried Martens |
| Preceded by | Alan Vanackere |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Manns |
| Minister of Budget | |
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In office 14 May 1985 – 7 March 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | Wilfried Martens |
| Preceded by | Leo Uberman |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Manns |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
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In office 13 October 1985 – 14 June 2009 |
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| Constituency | Dendermonde |
| Personal details | |
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Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt 11 April 1953 Dendermonde, Belgium |
| Political party |
 BelgianOpen Flemish Liberals and Democrats  EUAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Other political affiliations |
Party for Freedom and Progress (Before 1992) |
| Spouse(s) | Dominique Verkinderen |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Ghent University |
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Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt (Dutch: [ˈɣiː vərˈɦɔfstɑt]; born 11 April 1953) is a Belgian politician. He is the Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group and Member of the European Parliament from Belgium. He served as the 47th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008, Deputy Prime Minister of Beligum from 1985 to 1992 and Minister of Budget from 1985 to 1992. He was a member of the Member of the Chamber of Representatives from 1985 to 2009.
Since 2009 he has served as a Member of the European Parliament where he is the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and founded the inter-parliamentarian federalist Spinelli Group. He was the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party nominee for President of the European Commission in the 2014 European Parliament election.
In September 2016, Verhofstadt was appointed lead Brexit negotiator for the European Parliament.
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