Titles
In 1995, he was appointed Minister of State, an honorific title given to prominent Belgian politicians.
- Knight, Officer and Commander in the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
- Médaille civique de la classe
- Grand-Croix de l'ordre Royal Suédois de l'Etoile Polaire
- Grand-Croix de l'ordre "Infante Dom Henrique"
- Grand-Cross in the Order of Orange-Nassau
- Grand-Cross in the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Grand-Cross in the Order of Dannebrog
- Grand-Croix de l'ordre de l'Honneur
- Grand-Croix de l'ordre de l'Etoile de la Roumanie
- Grand officer in the Order of the Pléiade (Ordre de la Francophonie et du dialogue des cultures; that is, "Order of the Francophonie and of the dialogue of cultures")
- Grand Officer in the Légion d'honneur
- Grand Cordon de l'ordre du Mérite
- Ordre "Stara Planina" de 1ère classe
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