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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedMarc Verwilghen: from virtual unknown to political star. (Belgian member of parliament)
Europe, March, 1998 by Leonard, Dick
Opposition member of parliament Marc Verwilghen is seen by many as the next prime minister of Belgium. His rise in popularity is due to the televised proceedings of the investigations into the series of pedophile murders and kidnappings. His being a lawyer without connections with the judiciary in Liege was the key factor in his being chosen to chair the investigative commission. The investigations revealed several deficiencies in the police forces.
From Virtual Unknown to Political Star
A year or so ago Marc Verwilghen, forty-five, was a virtually unknown opposition member of parliament. Now he is the hot tip to become Belgium's next prime minister. Verwilghen, a quietly spoken man who had never sought the limelight, owes his meteoric rise to the power of...
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