Jean-Paul Moerman

Jean-Paul Moerman
Born (1952-09-14) 14 September 1952
Tournai, Belgium
Nationality Belgium
Occupation politician, lawyer, judge

Jean-Paul Moerman, born on 14 September 1952 in Tournai is a Belgian Walloon politician, member of the Mouvement Réformateur.

He is a master of Laws (ULB, 1975), a lawyer registered at the Mons bar, a former professor at the Cours provinciaux d'administration of Hainaut Province and a member of the board of administrators of Université de Mons-Hainaut. Since 2001, Moerman is a judge at the Belgian Constitutional Court.

Moerman was a lawyer at the bar of Mons from September 1975 to December 2000. He was tasked with significant criminal dossiers in the 1980's and 1990's: the acquittal of the "filière boraine" in May 1988 at the Mons Court of Assize (after having obtained the divestment of Nivelles investigating judge Schlicker), affair of the "négriers du centre", etc. As the president of the Parti Socialiste "USC" (Union Socialiste Communale) in Mons[1], he broke with then-current socialist politics. Before the local elections of 1994, he was ejected from the PS,[2] founded the "Mons, Démocratie et Liberté" list and joined Jean Gol's PRL-FDF. A Royal Decree on 16 May 2001 nominated Moerman as a judge at the Belgian constitutional court.[3]

On 16 September 2017, it was reported that Moerman would have been implicated in lobbying for Azerbaijan.[4] He himself conceded "having fallen in love a bit."

Moerman was mentioned as a member of the so-called "Hapsburg group", potential lobbyists for Ukraine, in a 21-page filing by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller that was unsealed on 13 June 2018.[5]

Political career

  • Belgian federal deputy (PRL) for the Mons electoral district from 21 May 1995 to 21 May 2001.
  • Former member of the Mons city council, PRL faction leader.

References

  1. ↑ "Le magistrat tombé amoureux de l'Azerbaïdjan". Le Soir (in French). 18 September 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Jean-Paul Moerman garde sa liste sous le manteau: l'avocat jemappien veut aider Mons, ville en perdition Homme providentiel de Jean Gol". Le Soir (in French). 2 March 1994. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Grondwettelijk Hof, Voorstelling, Huidige inrichting" (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Le Tournaisien Jean-Paul Moerman, un des 12 juges de la Cour constitutionnelle, serait impliqué dans l'Azerigate". Sudinfo.be (in French). 16 September 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mueller names 'Hapsburg group,' reveals Manafort messages". ABC News. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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