Jacques Julien Neirynck (born 17 August 1931) is a Belgian-Swiss writer, politician, and emeritus professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
Neirynck was born in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium in 1931. He studied electrical engineering at UCLouvain, eventually graduating with a PhD in 1958 and then becoming a professor. Around 1994, he became a Swiss citizen.
He is a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland. He was a member of the National Council between 1999 and 2003 as well as between 2007 and 2015.
Notes and references
- ^ Biography of Jacques Neirynck on the website of the Swiss Parliament (page visited on 12 November 2018).
- Geiser, Urs (2009-12-09). "Parliamentarian still finds inspiration at 78". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
See also
- List of members of the National Council of Switzerland, 2007–11
- Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes
External links
- Biography of Jacques Neirynck on the website of the Swiss Parliament.
- 1931 births
- People from Uccle
- Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2011–2015
- Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2007–2011
- Politics of the canton of Vaud
- Swiss writers in French
- Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni
- Living people
- Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Engineers from Brussels