Editing Pieter De Crem

[[File:Pieter DeCrem.jpg|200px|thumbnail|left|Pieter De Crem (CD&V) Member of the Belgian Parliament]]

Pieter De Crem (22 July 1962 in Aalter) is a Belgian, Flemish politician and member of Christian Democratic party (CD&V). 

== Political career ==

He has been a Member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives since 1995. He headed the CD&V fraction in the Chamber of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. Since 1995, he has been the Mayor of Aalter, in East Flanders. De Crem became the Belgian minister of defence on 21 December 2007. On 5 March 2013, he was also appointed First Deputy Prime Minister in the Belgian federal government.

== Education ==

De Crem holds a Master of Romance Philology from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven) and a Master of European and international Law from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels).

== External links ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_De_Crem Wikipedia page]
[http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&rightmenu=right_depute&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=00795&lactivity=54 Profile on the Official Website of the Belgian Parliament]