Danny Pieters

Danny Pieters (born 13 October 1956) is a Belgian politician and judge.

Danny Pieters
President of the Senate
In office
20 July 2010  11 October 2011
Preceded byArmand De Decker
Succeeded bySabine de Bethune
Personal details
Born (1956-10-13) 13 October 1956
Uccle, Belgium
Political partyNew Flemish Alliance
WebsiteOfficial website

Pieters was first elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1999 as a member of the Volksunie and served untill 2003. After the demise of that party he became affiliated to the N-VA. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2010.[1] He was the 33rd President of the Belgian Senate from July 2010 until October 2011.

He obtained a doctorate in law in 1985 and is currently a professor of social security law at the KU Leuven.

In 2021 Pieters was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Court of Belgium.

Notes

  1. "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by
Armand De Decker
President of the Senate
2010–2011
Succeeded by
Sabine de Bethune
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