Academic career

In 1967, Cerexhe and Pierre Maon founded the Faculty of Law at the Université de Namur.^[3] From 1967 to 1988, Cerexhe was dean of the faculty.^[1][2] He was also a lecturer at the Université catholique de Louvain.^[2] In 1974, he was a co-founder of the Faculty of Law (also known as the École Supérieure de Droit de Ouagadougou)^[3] at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.^[1] In 1984, he helped set up the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.^[4]

Political career

From 1985 to 1987, Cerexhe was a senator during the 47th legislature of the House of Representatives [fr].^[1] From 1988 to 1991, he sat in the Chamber of Representatives, representing the Christian Social Party (PSC).^[2] During his time, Cerexhe proposed a bill on constitutional reform that supported federal loyalty [de], a concept in use in Germany. This was later a part of Belgium's wider 1993 constitutional reforms.^[5] He was supportive of the Lomé Convention, and believed that it did not contribute to African poverty.^[6] Cerexhe was involved in providing humanitarian aid.^[7] He was a supporter of equality and recognition for all of Belgium's federal communities and regions.^[8]

In 1993, Cerexhe became a judge in the Court of Arbitration (now called the Constitutional Court),^[1][2][9] as one of their French language judges.^[10] He specialised in public, European and civil law.^[11] In April 2001, he retired and was given the title of judge emeritus.^[12] He was also made an honorary consul of the Wallonia region to Burkina Faso.^[12][13] Cerexhe was also president of the Belgian section of the Institut international de Droit d'Expression et d'inspiration Françaises.^[7]