Dirk Jozef Maria Sterckx (), born on 25 September 1946 in Herent, is a Belgian politician of the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 until 2011, representing Flanders. In parliament, Stercks was a member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and served on the Committee on Fisheries and the Committee on Transport and Tourism. He was also a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Education 1969: Master's degree in Germanic languages and literature Career 1969: Teacher 1975: Journalist, BRT television 1986: Copy editor of the BRT television news 1994: Copy editor and anchorman on Terzake, television news interpretation programme 1996: Head of news and anchorman on VRT television news 1999: Member of the European Parliament 2001: Member of Lint Municipal Council (January 2004: VLD Chairman (February - June) Member of the Conference of Delegation Chairmen See also 2004 European Parliament election in Belgium External links 1946 births Living people Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten MEPs MEPs for Belgium 1999–2004 MEPs for Belgium 2004–2009 MEPs for Belgium 2009–2014 People from Herent