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  Philippe Busquin is Member of the European Commission, in charge of Research and Development, since September 1999.

During his political career, he has been, since 1980, minister in different departments at different levels in Belgium, including in education, internal affairs, budget, energy and social affairs. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 1999. Between 1992 and 1999, he was president of the francophone Socialist Party and Vice-President of the Socialist International. Philippe Busquin is a Minister of State since 1992.

After accomplishing his studies in Physics as the Free University of Brussels in 1962, Philippe Busquin obtained additional degrees in philosophy and in environmental sciences. Between 1962 and 1977, he was researcher and assistant in Physics at the Faculty of Medicine at the Free University of Brussels and taught at the Graduate School in Nivelles, Belgium. Between 1978 and 1980, he was president of the Board of the IRE (Institute for Radioelements).
     
   

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