Karl-Heinz Lambertz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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German-speaking Belgian politician
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Place of Birth: Amel, Wallonia, Belgium
About Karl-Heinz Lambertz
- Karl-Heinz Lambertz (born 4 June 1952) is a Belgian politician holding a master's degree in Law from the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) with an additional specialisation in German Law (University of Heidelberg).
- Karl-Heinz Lambertz was elected as President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) on 12 July 2017 after serving a two and a half year term as First Vice-President.
- He is also President of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community of Belgium. Born on 4 June 1952 in Schoppen, Karl-Heinz Lambertz' interest in politics came early in his career having served as President of the German-speaking Youth Council (1975-1980).
- After a number of functions linked to his academic background in law, he became a member of Parliament for the German-speaking Community in 1981. Between 1990 and 1999, he held numerous ministerial posts in the German-speaking Community Government before beingelected as Minister-President (1999-2014).
- In 2014, he became President of the Parliament for the first time, a post he held until 2016 beforehe was appointed to represent the German-speaking Community in the Belgian Senate.
- In June 2019, he resumed office as President of the Parliament, a position which he holds today.
- Karl-Heinz Lambertz has been a CoR member since 2001 and was President of the CoR's PES Group between 2011 and 2015.
- Since 2000, he has been a member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, in which he is currently Vice-President.
- On 17 July 2008, he was one of three senior Belgian politicians commissioned by King Albert II to investigate ways of enabling constitutional reform talks in the light of the long-running Belgian constitutional crisis.
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