Karl-Heinz Lambertz

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 being elected as Minister-President (1999–2014). In 2014, he became President of the Parliament for the first time, a post he held until 2016 before he 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. 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.

• Name — Karl-Heinz Lambertz • Office — Senator of the German-speaking Community in Belgium • Term Start — 19 September 2016 • Predecessor — Alexander Miesen • Office1 — Minister-President of the German-speaking Community • Term Start1 — 6 July 1999 • Term End1 — 30 June 2014 • Predecessor1 — Joseph Maraite • Successor1 — Oliver Paasch • Born — 4 June 1952 • Birthplace — Schoppen, Belgium • Party — Socialist Party • Alma Mater — Université catholique de Louvain • Office2 — President of the European Committee of the Regions • Predecessor2 — Markku Markkula • Successor2 — Apostolos Tzitzikostas • Term Start2 — 12 July 2017 • Term End2 — 12 February 2020