I haere ia i roto i te faaineineraa o tona tākuta ki te Whare Wānanga o Leeds (United Kingdom), i reira ko tona mahi o te mema o te whakaako kaimahi i roto i 1977<unk>1978. tīmata ia i tona mahi tōrangapū rite te attaché i te kāwanatanga o Jean-Maurice Dehousse i 1980<unk>81. tona mana tōrangapū tuatahi i roto i te 1982, i te mea ko ia Kaunihera o Mons (tae noa 1985, a ano i 1988 tae noa ki 2000). i roto i te 1986, ko ia te koromatua o te hauora, whakahoutanga tāone, me ngā take pāpori. ngaio, Di Rupo i te wa ano mema o te kāwanatanga, me te kaitiaki o te kāwanatanga o te minita pūtea o taua wa o te rohe o Walloon, me te reira i whiwhi i te tohu o te rangatira o te pūngao o Walloon, me te minita tuarua o te pūngao o te Whare Wānanga o Leeds (United Kingdom), i reira ko ia te mema o te minita pūngao o te rohe o Mons.
Ko te tau 1986