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Place of Birth: Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
About Alain Courtois
- Alain Courtois (born 12 June 1951) is a Belgian politician.
- Born in Schaerbeek, he is Secretary General of the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA).
- He has served as a replacement minister on several occasions. He was the federally appointed Reformist Movement—Citizens' Movement for Change representative of the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde district from 26 June 2003 to 12 February 2004, replacing Daniel Ducarme, who became Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region and minister of Arts, Letters and Audio-visual of the French Community of Belgium.
- From 19 February 2004 to 28 June 2004 he served as a replacement for Jacques Simonet, who replaced Ducarme in the Minister-President post following a scandal.
- Since 1 July 2004 he has served as a replacement for Martine Payfa, who was elected to the Belgian Federal Parliament from the Brussels-Capital Region.
- He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.Courtois is a supporter of football in Belgium, and is a frequent commentator on the RTL sports radio program "Vasyavoirdusport." He led the organizing committee of 2000 UEFA European Championship, which was held jointly in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- In 2006, he was named to lead the Benelux bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, known as Beltomundial.
- He also led Brussels' successful bid to host the Grand Départ of the 2019 Tour de France.
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