The leader of the
Wallonian Parti Socialiste and one of
Belgium's most powerful and popular politicians, Di Rupo is a flamboyment left winger, and is widely considered to have played a major part in the resurgence of the PS, now the joint largest party in the Belgian parliament.
He is a deputy(M.P), for the
Hainaut division of Wallonia.
He once described
Francois Mitterand as being "a charactor from a novel".