Daniel Termont
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Daniel Termont (born 19 May 1953) is a Belgian politician, a member of the Socialist Party, and the former mayor of Ghent, Belgium.
He was the son of shopkeepers who lived in Mariakerke.
His mother's family was extremely socialist.
Daniel obtained a diploma in accounting at the Stedelijk Instituut voor Handel en Secretariaat in 1971.
He served in the military service from April 1972 to April 1973 and then served as an executive in charge of LTA (Mutuality of Young Workers), the Socialist Unions' youth body at the time.
He was also an information officer at the East Flemish Division (Bond Moyson) in the city of Ghent-Eeklo from 1980 to 1980.
He has been elected to the city council since 1976.
He was also the boss of De Ceder holiday centre in Deinze from 1983 to 1988.
After a long period of decline of the institution, he became the first director of the center.
Subsequently, Bond Moyson's secretary-treasurer became secretary-treasurer of Ghent from 1988 to 1995, the year he first took his first full-time political position as a councilor.
He was the alderman of the harbour from 1995 to 2006 (Port of Ghent).
He served as an alderman of festivities from 2001 to 2006. He became Mayor of Ghent after the 2006 municipal elections.
Mathias De Clercq of Open VLD succeeded him on January 1st 2019.
Political career
Although his parents were no socialist militants, Termont came in the political environment quite easily. Termont was at the age of fourteen an active member in the socialist movement, first as a participant and later as a member of the Socialist Trade Unions (see above). He was successively founder and president of the MJA and Jongsocialisten Mariakerke. 1973, he became chairman of the department in Mariakerke SP, the Socialist Party of that time. On his initiative came in 1979, a private room, community center De Vuist, a non-profit organization whose president is still Termont. 1976, Termont participated for the first time in local elections in Ghent and was immediately elected as Councillor, a mandate he has held continuously until today. During the administration period 1989-1995, he was leader of SP. In the municipal elections of 1995, Termont was again elected and continued his professional activities to be a full-time politician. In that year his first term as alderman of the port, economic development and utilities of the city of Ghent began. During the municipal elections of 2000 he was re-elected with over 5000 preferential votes. He retained the political responsibilities of the port of Ghent and Economy, and was celebrated. Within his party SP.a, Termont began in 2001 to his third term as a member of the National party office. During the municipal elections of 2006, he was the frontman of the list of the cartel SP.A-Spirit and led his party to victory. 2007, he followed then-mayor Frank Beke as the leader of Ghent-city.