François-Xavier de Donnea

François Xavier Gustave Marie Joseph Corneille Hubert, Knight de Donnea de Hamoir (born 29 April 1941[1] in Edegem, Antwerp) is a Belgian politician and a former mayor of the City of Brussels and Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region.

In December 1990, he performed the wedding of the duke of Brabant and Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz in the City town hall.

[5] In 2001, his proposition to create a Tintin theme in the newly renovated Atomium was approved by the Hergé Foundation.

[6] He also made it possible to exhibit publicly the Ishango bone at the Brussels' institut d'histoire naturelle.

[9] In 2014, as he ran for the 17th time for the Brussels Mayor office, his name was misspelled in the list of candidates, forcing him to run as "François de Donnea".