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Van Rompuy, a politician from Belgium's Christian Democratic and Flemish party , served as the 49th prime minister of Belgium from 30 December until 25 November , when he was succeeded by his predecessor, Yves Leterme. On 19 November , [ 2 ] the European Council, which consists of the heads of state or government of the EU member states , selected Van Rompuy as its first full-time President under the Treaty of Lisbon.

During his early teens, he was an avid rock and roll fan, particularly of American singer Elvis Presley. Later, he studied at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and received a bachelor's degree in Philosophy in , and a master's degree in Applied Economics in Van Rompuy is married to Geertrui Windels, with whom he has four children: Peter born , Laura born , Elke born , and Thomas born His another sister, Anita Van Rompuy, is not politically active and is married to Arne van der Graesen.

From to , he worked in the ministerial cabinets of Leo Tindemans and Gaston Geens. In he was elected a member of the national CVP's bureau —present. He first was elected to the Belgian Senate in , and served until He was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in the general election , but as he remained a minister, he was barred from taking the seat while holding that office.

After his party's defeat in the Belgian general election , he became a member of the Chamber of Representatives. He was re-elected in and In , he was designated Minister of State.

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In , he stated "An enlargement [of the EU] with Turkey is not in any way comparable with previous enlargement waves. Turkey is not Europe and will never be Europe. On 23 December , he said "Turkish reform efforts have delivered impressive results.