Jean Bock

Jean Bock
Bock 2015
Member of the Parliament of Wallonia
In office 1999–2004
Member of the Senate of Belgium
In office 1995–1999
Provincial Senator from Luxembourg Province
In office 1985–1995
Mayor of Gouvy
In office 1983–2004
Co-Opted Senator
In office 1981–1985
Personal details
Born	(1931-01-15)15 January 1931 Bovigny, Gouvy, Belgium
Died	11 September 2022(2022-09-11) (aged 91)
Political party	PRL MR
Education	École normale de l’État de Verviers

Jean Bock (15 January 1931 – 11 September 2022) was a Belgian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) and later the Reformist Movement (MR).

Life and career

Bock's childhood was impacted by the loss of his mother at the end of World War II. He earned a teacher's diploma from the École normale de l’État de Verviers and conducted his military service from 1951 to 1952. He then taught at the École communale de Limerlé before leaving for the Belgian Congo from 1955 to 1960 in the Kasaï Province. There, he met his future wife, Andrée Léonard, with whom he had two children.

Upon his return to Belgium, Bock ran for office in the Provincial Council of Luxembourg in 1961, but was not elected until four years later. He served in the Council from 1965 to 1981 and served in the cabinets of budget minister Willy De Clercq and justice minister Pierre Wigny.

Bock served as a Co-Opted Senator from 1981 to 1985, Mayor of Gouvy from 1983 to 2004, Provincial Senator from Luxembourg Province from 1985 to 1995, a member of the Senate from 1995 to 1999, and in the Parliament of Wallonia from 1999 to 2004.

Jean Bock died on 11 September 2022, at the age of 91.

Distinctions

• Officer of the Order of the Crown (1977)
• Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (1994)
• Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold (1999)
• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg