title: Véronique De Keyser
text: # Véronique De Keyser
  
  Véronique Marie Alice Henriette De Keyser (born 23 March 1945 in Brussels) is a Belgian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2001 until 2014. She is a member of the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Group
  
  De Keyser majored in Psychology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (1968) and has a doctorate in work psychology (1974).
  
  In parliament, De Keyser served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. She was also a substitute for the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
  
  ## Mandates
  
  * Member of the European Parliament (from 2001)
  * Municipal councillor of Liège (since 2006)
  * Named Head of Election Observation Mission in Palestine in 2005 for the 2006 elections
  * Named Head of Election Observation Mission in Sudan in 2010 for the 2010 elections
  * Named Head of Election Observation Mission in South Sudan in 2011 for the 2011 referendum
  
  ## Education
  
  * 1968: Degree in psychology, Free University of Brussels (ULB)
  * 1974: Doctorate in work psychology with Approche psychologique de l'expérience ouvrière à travers les systèmes
  
  ## Career
  
  * 1968-1984: Researcher in psychology at the ULB and the Brussels Industrial Study and Research Centre
  * 1984: Junior lecturer at the University of Liège
  * 1988: Lecturer at the University of Liège
  * 1990-1998: Dean of the Psychology and Education Science Faculty at the University of Liège
  * Visiting lecturer at the Universities of Oporto, Moscow and Toulouse-Le Mirail
  * 1990-1994: President of the Belgian Psychology Society
  * 1995-2016: Administrator at the King Baudouin Foundation
  * 2001-2014: Member of the European Parliament
  * 1997-2003: President of the European Work and Organisational Psychology Association
  