Rik Daems

Hendrik Jules Joseph "Rik" Daems (born 18 August 1959) is a Belgian painter, wine trader and politician who is currently serving as the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a 70-year-old body bringing together parliamentarians from 47 nations of the Council of Europe. He is a former member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) and member of the city council of Leuven.

Rik Daems
Born
Hendrik Jules Joseph Daems

(1959-08-18) 18 August 1959
Aarschot, Belgium
NationalityBelgium
Occupationpolitician

Early life and education

Rik Daems' father, Jos Daems, was a senator and Secretary of State for the Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV). Rik Daems studied Latin and Mathematics at the Keerbergen high school (1977). Afterwards he studied at the Solvay Business School of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Political career

In addition to his role in national politics, Daems has been a member of the Belgian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2007, and led the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe – the third largest of the Assembly's five political groups –- from 2017 until his election as President. In 2019, he was the Assembly's rapporteur on the activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)[1] as well as on minimum standards for electoral systems.[2]

Recognition

References
  1. Is the EBRD’s model of promoting democracy through investment having any effect? [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]], press release of January 3, 2019.
  2. Setting minimum standards for electoral systems to ensure free and fair elections [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]], press release of September 12, 2019.
  3. "Koninklijk Besluit nationale orden bij koninklijke besluiten van 26 mei 2014 zijn de hierna vermelde leden van het Europees Parlement bevorderd of benoemd : Leopoldsorde grootofficier mevr. Durant, Isabelle, ondervoorzitster van het Europees Parlement de heer Belet, Ivo". etaamb.be.


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