Freddy Thielemans

Freddy Thielemans
Thielemans in 2006
Mayor of Brussels
In office
16 January 2001  13 December 2013
Preceded byFrançois-Xavier de Donnea
Succeeded byYvan Mayeur
In office
28 April 1994  9 January 1995
Preceded byMichel Demaret
Succeeded byFrançois-Xavier de Donnea
Personal details
Born(1944-09-11)11 September 1944
Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Died29 January 2022(2022-01-29) (aged 77)
Political partySocialist Party
SpouseCécile Charles
OccupationPolitician, teacher

Freddy Thielemans (11 September 1944 – 29 January 2022) was a Belgian socialist politician who was the mayor of the City of Brussels from 2001 to 2013, and previously also for a period in 1994.

Freddy Thielemans learnt to play rugby with Brussels Barbarians RFC during the late 1970s and early 1980s as a prop, took part in the Vancouver Tour in 1982 and also represented Belgium at Rugby Union.