Bernard Clerfayt

Bernard Clerfayt ( born September 30, 1961 in Uccle / Ukkel ) is a Belgian politician.

He graduated from the Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain- la -Neuve, the Licence and the Master in Economics and is a renowned researcher and professor.

Political career

At the local level he was first elected in 1988 and from 1989 to 2007 Member of the Regional Council ( Parliament ) of Brussels. Clerfayt is also deputy chairman of the " Democratic Front of Francophones ", the part of the party " Mouvement Réformateur " ( Francophone Liberal Party of Belgium ), and since 2001 the mayor of Schaerbeek / Schaerbeek, Brussels. Since the elections of 2007 he is member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. On 20 March 2008 Clerfayt made ​​before King Albert II took the oath as Belgium's State Secretary for Finance, responsible for the fight against tax evasion, modernizing the financial and environmental taxes.