Jean-Pierre Detremmerie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian politician
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Place of Birth: Mouscron, Wallonia, Belgium
About Jean-Pierre Detremmerie
- Jean-Pierre Detremmerie (10 October 1940 – 20/21 February 2016) was a Belgian politician and long serving former mayor of Mouscron.
- He was active within the francophone Christian Democratic Party (cdH) for many years, and a Member of Parliament between 1981 and 2003.
- He was known to colleagues, informally, as "Detrem".On the morning of 21 February 2016 his body was found by his wife.
- It was determined that he had committed suicide by hanging, having suffered from depression for several years.
- Since December 2011 he had been facing criminal charges in connection with the allegedly opaque financial arrangements of his local football club, which he formerly chaired.
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