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1954: Born, Brussels
1980: Joined Ecolo, Francophone ecologist party
1991-93: Ecolo group in the Brussels parliament
1994: Bachelor's degree in economic and social politics, Université catholique de Louvain-Fopes
1994-99: Federal secretary and spokesperson of Ecolo
1999-2003: Deputy prime minister and minister for mobility and transport
2003-09: Senator
2004-09: Federal secretary (renamed co-president in 2007) and spokesperson of Ecolo
2006-: Councillor in the commune of Schaerbeek, Brussels
2009-: MEP and vice-president of the European Parliament
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