Patrick Dupriez

Patrick Dupriez (born 17 February, 1968) is a Belgian French-speaking former politician, who led the Ecolo party alongside co-chair Zakia Khattabi from 22 March 2015 until 19 October 2018.[1][2]

Patrick Dupriez
Zakia Khattabi (left) and Dupriez (right) in Charleroi, March 2015
Leader of Ecolo
In office
22 March 2015  19 October 2018
Preceded byOlivier Deleuze & Emily Hoyos
Succeeded byRajae Maouane & Jean-Marc Nollet
President of the Walloon Parliament
In office
4 March 2012  24 May 2014
Preceded byEmily Hoyos
Succeeded byAndré Antoine
Member of the Walloon Parliament from Dinant-Philippeville
In office
2009  24 May 2014
Schepen of Ciney
In office
2006–2009
Member of the Ciney municipal council
In office
2002–2006
Personal details
Born (1968-02-17) 17 February 1968
Yaounde, Cameroon
NationalityBelgian
Political partyEcolo
Websitehttp://www.patrickdupriez.be/

Biography

Patrick Dupriez was born in the Cameroonian capital of Yaounde, before spending the first six years of his life growing up in Côte d'Ivoire, where his father worked as a construction worker.[3] Dupriez later on began attending school in Walloon-Brabant. He studied agriculture at the Université catholique de Louvain and completed his thesis in Chile.

Dupriez participated as a representative of the Belgian Greens at the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, which marked his entry into the Ecolo party, whose ranks he joined in 1985 at the age of 17.[4] He moved to Ciney in 1995.

Career

After his studies, he entered professional life by joining Diobass, an NGO whose objective is to promote the know-how of African farmers' organizations. He then directed the Environmental Education Service of the Province of Namur (the Forest Classes of Chevetogne and the Heritage Classes of Namur) for seven years. In addition to his work of networking educational experiences in the field of environmental education, he implemented the first public market in terms of sustainable food in Wallonia.[5]

In 2002, he was elected to the municipal council of Ciney and was a Schepen from 2006 to 2009.[4] From 2009 to 2014, he was a member of the Walloon Parliament for Ecolo, which he chaired as parliamentary president from 2012 to 2014, succeeding his party colleague Emily Hoyos, [6] who left her position to co-lead Ecolo. He was not re-elected to parliament in the 2014 election. In March 2015, he was elected to the dual leadership of Ecolo together with Zakia Khattabi with 60 percent of the vote at the Ecolo party conference in Charleroi. Dupriez decided to resign from his position on 19 October, 2018, citing "personal reasons".[7]

References

  1. "Zakia Khattabi et Patrick Dupriez, nouveaux co-présidents d'Ecolo" (in French). 22 March 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. Biourge, Céline (19 October 2018). "Patrick Dupriez, le co-président d'Ecolo, quitte la tête du parti" (in French). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. "Dictionnaire des Walloons - Patrick Dupriez" (in French). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. "Patrick Dupriez prend la tête du Parlement Wallon" (in French). RTBF. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. "M. Patrick Dupriez a été élu à la présidence du Parlement wallon" (in French). 14 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. "Patrick Dupriez succède à Emily Hoyos à la présidence du Parlement wallon" (in French). 5 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. Witvrouw, François (19 October 2018). "Patrick Dupriez n'est plus coprésident d'Ecolo" (in French). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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