What is Philippe Maystadt?
[[File:Philippe Maystadt Senate of Poland.JPG|thumb|Maystadt in September 2011]] '''Philippe M.P.J. Maystadt''' (14 March 1948 – 7 December 2017) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[politician]]. He served as Belgium's [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Finance]] from 1988 to 1998. He was also [[President]] of the [[European Investment Bank]] from 2000 to 2011. He was born in [[Verviers]], [[Liège (province)|Liège]]. He also served as a federal and regional ([[Wallonia|Walloon]]) parliamentarian. Besides his political activities he was a professor at the Université catholique de Louvain. Maystadt died of [[lung]] [[disease]] on 7 December 2017, at the age of 69.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.demorgen.be/politiek/minister-van-staat-philippe-maystadt-overleden-b1eb8295/|title=Minister van Staat Philippe Maystadt overleden|language=nl|work=De Morgen|date=7 December 2017|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Maystadt, Philippe}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian bankers]] [[Category:Belgian academics]] [[Category:Government ministers of Belgium]] [[Category:Jurists]] [[Category:Parti social-chrétien politicians]] [[Category:People from Verviers]] [[Category:Walloon politicians]] {{Bio-stub}}