--- title: "2 Elio Di Rupo Quotes - Famous Chemist (Etre socialiste aujourd'hui)" description: "Elio Di Rupo is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2011 to 2014, heading the Di Rupo Government, and as minister-pres..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elio-di-rupo-32375.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Elio Di Rupo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elio-di-rupo-32375.jpg) # Elio Di Rupo (1951) Chemist Belgium **2** quotes in **23** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Elio Di Rupo is a chemist from Belgium, best known for *Etre socialiste aujourd'hui*. ## Quick Facts About Elio Di Rupo Born July 18, 1951 Nationality Belgium Profession Chemist Notable works Etre socialiste aujourd'hui ## About Elio Di Rupo Elio Di Rupo is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2011 to 2014, heading the Di Rupo Government, and as minister-president of Wallonia for three non-consecutive terms between 1999 and 2024. He was the first francophone to hold the prime ministership since Paul Vanden Boeynants in 1979, and the country's first socialist prime minister since Edmond Leburton left office in 1974. Di Rupo was also Belgium's first prime minister of non-Belgian descent, and the world's second openly gay person and first openly gay man to be head of government in modern times. ## Awards & Honors Minister of State Knight of the Order of Leopold Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II ## Quotes by Elio Di Rupo > [Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elio-di-rupo/being-the-chief-minister-of-a-regional-government-is-just-a-pastime/) Elio Di Rupo [Chiefs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chiefs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/elio-di-rupo-112012_chiefs_being-the-chief-minister-of-a-regional-g_844400.jpg) > [My life is a fairy tale. You could not make it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elio-di-rupo/my-life-is-a-fairy-tale-you-could-not-make-it-up/) Elio Di Rupo [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/elio-di-rupo-112012_could_my-life-is-a-fairy-tale-you-could-not-ma_3089198.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elio-di-rupo/#itemlist", "name": "Elio Di Rupo Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of two different communities brought together,", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elio Di Rupo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elio-di-rupo/being-the-chief-minister-of-a-regional-government-is-just-a-pastime/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/elio-di-rupo-112012_chiefs_being-the-chief-minister-of-a-regional-g_844400.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/elio-di-rupo-112012_chiefs_being-the-chief-minister-of-a-regional-g_844400.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/elio-di-rupo-112012_chiefs_being-the-chief-minister-of-a-regional-g_844400.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being…” — Elio Di Rupo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My life is a fairy tale. 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