BaronÉtienne Cerexhe (18 April 1931 – 24 June 2020) was a Belgian judge and academic. He was a member of the Belgian Senate from 1985 to 1987, and the Chamber of Representatives from 1988 to 1991. In 2009, Cerexhe was knighted by King Albert II.
Cerexhe died on 24 June 2020 at the age of 89. His death was announced the following day,[1] and his funeral was held on 30 June in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.[3]
Career
Academic career
In 1967, Cerexhe and Pierre Maon founded the Faculty of Law at the Université de Namur.[3] From 1967 to 1988, Cerexhe was dean of the faculty.[1][2] He was also a lecturer at the Université catholique de Louvain.[2] In 1974, he was a co-founder of the Faculty of Law (also known as the École Supérieure de Droit de Ouagadougou)[3] at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.[1] In 1984, he helped set up the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.[4]
In 1993, Cerexhe became a judge in the Court of Arbitration (now called the Constitutional Court),[1][2][9] as one of their French language judges.[10] He specialised in public, European and civil law.[11] In April 2001, he retired and was given the title of judge emeritus.[12] He was also made an honorary consul of the Wallonia region to Burkina Faso.[12][13] Cerexhe was also president of the Belgian section of the Institut international de Droit d'Expression et d'inspiration Françaises.[7]
Cerexhe, Étienne, Tourisme et intégration européenne (Tourism and European integration), 1985[15]
Cerexhe, Étienne, Snyers, Anne-Marie, Le droit européen : les objectifs et les institutions (European law: objectives and institutions), 1989 ISBN2803800160
^ ab"IDEF : FELICITATIONS A M. ETIENNE CEREXHE" (in French). Institut international de Droit d'Expression et d'inspiration Françaises. 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^"Les membres de l'IDEF par Pays" (in French). Institut international de Droit d'Expression et d'inspiration Françaises. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.