Early Life
Leterme was born in the city of Wervik in the province of West Flanders. He is half-Walloon, and grew up fluently bilingual. He studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven where he received a LL.B. degree in 1981. He then studied at Ghent University where he subsequently obtained a B.Sc. degree in Political Science (1983), a LL.M. degree (1984), and a MPA degree in 1985.
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