Jean Defraigne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Defraigne

Belgian politician

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1929

Place of Birth: Roosendaal, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 15-Mar-2016

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jean Pierre Marie Olivier Germain Defraigne (French: [d?f???]; 19 April 1929 – 15 March 2016) was a Belgian liberal politician and minister for the Liberal Reformist Party (PRL).Defraigne graduated as a doctor in law at the Université de Liège and was a lawyer and alderman in Liège.
He was member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1965–1974 and 1977–1989) and senator in the Belgian Senate (1974–1977) for the PRL and was President (1981–1988) of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives of public work (1974–1976).
In 1983, Jean Defraigne was appointed as minister of state.
From 1989 to 1994 Defraigne served as a Member of the European Parliament, where he sat with the Liberal, Democrat and Reformist Group.