Isabelle Durant

Quick Facts

Full Name	Isabelle Durant
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 4, 1954(1954-09-04)
Age	70
Birthplace	Brussels
Country	Belgium
Horoscope	Capricorn

Isabelle Durant Biography

Isabelle Durant is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 4, 1954 in Brussels, Belgium. Isabelle A.J. Durant (born 4 September 1954) is a Belgian politician, member of the Ecolo party. She has been serving as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) since 2017.

From 2004, Durnat also served as Federal Secretary and Spokesperson of Ecolo, this time with Jean-Michel Javaux and Claude Brouir but also as a replacement for Evelyne Huytebroeck who became minister in the Government of the Brussels- Capital Region.

On 15 September 2010 Durant supported the new initiative Spinelli Group in the European Parliament, which was founded to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union (EU). Other prominent supporters include Jacques Delors, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Guy Verhofstadt, Andrew Duff and Elmar Brok.

In December 2013, Durant led a European Parliament delegation – including Tarja Cronberg, Cornelia Ernst Marietje Schaake and Josef Weidenholzer – visiting Tehran where members met parliament speaker Ali Larijani and his brother, Mohammad Javad Larijani, head of the judiciary’s high council on human rights; human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh; and filmmaker Jafar Panahi.

In 2003, Durant and her party colleague Olivier Deleuze resigned from Verhofstadt’s government one week before the national elections and after a clash over the issue of night flights from Brussels Airport.

Isabelle Durant Net Worth

Isabelle Durant is one of the richest Politician from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Isabelle Durant 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Between 1999 and 2003, Durant served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility and Transport in the Belgian federal government, Guy Verhofstadt’s first government.

Durant was a member of the Senate between 2003 and 2011. As a Senator, she served on Committees for Foreign Affairs, Social Affairs and participated in many elections observation missions (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Tunisia) (2003-2009).

Durant became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2009 European elections. She served as Vice President of the European Parliament under the leadership of president Martin Schulz between 2009 and 2014. In addition, she was a member of the Committee on Budgets, the delegation for relations with Iran and the delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. In 2012, she also served on a cross-party working group which presented new rules for what gifts MEPs might accept.

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Facts & Trivia

Isabelle Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Isabelle Durant celebrates birthday on September 4 of every year.

Who is Isabelle Durant?

Isabelle Durant, of Belgium, took up the position of Deputy Secretary- General on 3 July 2017. She briefly served as Acting Secretary-General from 16 February to 13 September 2021. Since she joined UNCTAD, Ms. Durant has relentlessly contributed to making international trade more inclusive and greener.

Who is Unctad secretary-general?

Biographical Note. Rebeca Grynspan , of Costa Rica, was appointed the eighth Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 13 September 2021. She is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the organization.

Who appointed the first woman Secretory General of UNCTAD?

Costa Rican economist Rebeca Grynspan took up her new role as secretary- general of UNCTAD on 13 September for a four-year term. Ms. Grynspan, the first woman to serve as UNCTAD’s secretary-general, was nominated for the post by UN Secretary-General António Guterres and approved by the General Assembly in June.

What is meant by UNCTAD?

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was established in 1964 as an intergovernmental organization intended to promote the interests of developing states in world trade. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Abbreviation.

Which country is a vice president of UNCTAD?

India has been elected as Vice-President of UNCTAD.