Jean-Luc Dehaene

Jean-Luc Dehaene, MEP

Jean-Luc Dehaene (born 07 August 1940, Montpellier) is an MEP for Belgium from the political party Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (Christian Democratic and Flemish - CD&V) since 20.07.2004. He has been re-elected to the EP for the parliamentary term 2009-2014. He is a member of International Commission on the Balkans, founding member of European Council on Foreign Relations, member of the advisory board to La Maison de l'Europe, and member of the praesidium of the Brussels-based think-tank Friends of Europe.

Affiliations

• Vice-Chairman, Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
• Member, Committee on Constitutional Affairs
• Substitute, Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Substitute, Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests 2012

(A) Occupation(s) during the three-year period before taking up office with the Parliament, and membership during that period of any boards or committees of companies, non-governmental organisations, associations or other bodies established in law:

• President of the Administrative Council of the College of Europe
• Member, Board of Directors of the King Baudouin Foundation
• Chairman of the Board, Dexia NV (income category 3)
• Member, Board of Directors, Anheuser-Busch InBev (income category 3)
• Member, Board of Directors, Lotus Bakeries (income category 2)
• Member, Board of Directors, Umicore (income category 2)
• Member, Board of Directors, Thrombogenics (income category 2)
• Member, Board of Directors, Novovil

(D) Membership of any boards or committees of any companies, non-governmental organisations, associations or other bodies, or any other relevant outside activity, whether remunerated or unremunerated:

• Chairman of the Board, Dexia NV (until mid-May 2012)
• Member, Board of Directors, Trombogenics (income category 2)
• Chair, Financial Panel Fairplay UEFA (income category 2)
• Member, Board of Directors, Novovil

Declaration of Financial Interests 2009

Paid Functions or Activities:

• Member of governing board, AB InBev, Leuven, Belgium - leading global brewer (http://www.ab-inbev.com)
• Member of governing board, Lotus Bakeries, Lembeek, Belgium - producer and seller of biscuits and cakes (http://www.lotusbakeries.be)
• Member of governing board (2006- ), ThromboGenics, Leuven, Belgium - biopharmaceutical company focused on vascular medicine (http://www.thrombogenics.com)
• Member of governing board, Umicor, Brussels, Belgium - materials technology group (http://www.umicore.de)
• President of governing board (2008- ), Dexia, Brussels, Belgium - Franco-Belgian financial services group (http://www.dexia.com)

Background of Conflicts

Register of Interests

• Independent Board Member, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Leuven (since 2001)
• Independent Director and Chairman of Remuneration and Nomination Committee, Lotus Bakeries, Lembeek (since 2000)
• Non-executive Director, ThromboGenics, Leuven
• Independent Non-executive Director, Umicore, Brussels (since October 1999) - Dehaene received €33.000 from Umicore for attending 6 out of 7 board meetings, and €40.000 in 2008 for attending 8 out of 8 board meetings.
• Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dexia SA

Potential Conflicts of Interest

AB Inbev stock options

In May 2012, several Belgian media reported that MEP Jean-Luc Dehaene was allowed to exert about 3 million Euros worth of stock options as a former director of AB Inbev that he failed to mention in his register of financial interests as required by the new code of conduct for members of the European Parliament. Friends of the Earth Europe, Corporate Europe Observatory, LobbyControl and SpinWatch of ALTER-EU immediately wrote to the new President of the Parliament Martin Schulz to raise the question of why those stock options were not declared in Mr Dehaene’s declaration of interest dated 28 February 2012. No response has yet been received to this letter.

CEO states that there is the very serious question, "if Mr Dehaene does indeed hold these stock options, of whether they create a risk of a conflict of interest for MEPs who should act independently and in the public interest."

Follow the link for the letter sent to President Schulz: Ref: Transparency over financial interests of MEP Jean-Luc Dehaene

Record of Parliamentary Votes

Election Campaign 2009

Jean-Luc Dehaene did not pledge to any of the four issues presented by the Election Campaign.

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Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Doctor of Law (1963).
• Association Commissioner, VVKS (Flemish Association of Catholic Scouts) (1963-1967).
• Research, ACW (Christian Employees Union) (1965-1971).
• Worked in various ministerial offices (1972-1982).
• Member of the CVP (now CD&V) national bureau (since 1972).
• Member of Vilvoorde public social assistance centre (OCMW) (1976-1981).
• Member of the Senate (1983-1988, 1995-2001).
• Member of the House of Representatives (1988-1995).
• Minister for Social Affairs and Institutional Reform (1981-1988).
• Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Transport and Institutional Reform (1988-1992).
• Prime Minister (1992-1999).
• Vice-Chairman of the European Convention (2001-2003).
• Mayor of Vilvoorde (2001-2007).
• Member of the board of the King Baudouin Foundation (since 2004), now Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors.
• Member of the European Parliament (since 2004).
• Chairman of the Board of Dexia (since 2008).
• Member of the Board of Directors of Thrombogenics (since 2006).
• Chairman of UEFA's Club Financial Control Panel (since 2009).
• President of the Administrative Council of the College of Europe (1999-2009).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

08F358

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45867

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49867

Email:

jean-luc.dehaene@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.jeanlucdehaene.eu

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• AB InBev, Anheuser-Busch InBev Board of Directors, accessed 03 May 2009.
• ALTER-EU, Letter to EP President Martin Schulz, 15 May 2012, accessed 25 September 2012.
• Corporate Europe Observatory, "The MEP code of conduct: six months on," 02 July 2012, accessed 25 September 2012.
• Denoël, Thierry, "Bonus Dehaene : un cas emblématique," Le Vif, 23 May 2012, accessed 25 September 2012.
• Denoël, Thierry, "EXCLUSIF : L'eurodéputé Dehaene ne déclare pas ses bonus," Le Vif, 16 May 2012, accessed 25 September 2012.
• Election Campaign, Jean-Luc Dehaene, accessed 05 June 2009.
• European Parliament, Opgave van de financiële belangen van de leden: Jean-Luc Dehaene, 16 January 2009, accessed 03 May 2009.
• European Parliament, Opgave van de financiële belangen van de leden: Jean-Luc Dehaene, 28 February 2012, accessed 25 September 2012.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Jean-Luc Dehaene, accessed 03 May 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Jean-Luc Dehaene, accessed 26 October 2010.
• Lotus Bakeries, VII Board of Directors, Committees and Auditor, "Composition of the Board of Directors - Situation from 08 May 2009," accessed 03 May 2009.
• ThromboGenics, Board of Directors, accessed 03 May 2003.
• Umicore, 2006 Bericht an die Aktionäre und die Gesellschaft, accessed 03 May 2009.
• Umicore, Board of Directors, accessed 03 May 2009.
• Umicore, Report to Shareholders and Society 2008, accessed 03 May 2009.