Passage: Di Rupo ya fara hulɗa da ƙungiyoyin gurguzu a karo na farko a lokacin karatunsa a Mons, inda ya fara samun digiri na biyu kuma daga baya ya sami PhD a fannin ilmin sunadarai. Ya tafi yayin shirye-shiryen karatun digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Leeds (United Kingdom), inda aikinsa ya kasance na memba na ma'aikatan lacca a 1977<unk>1978.Ya fara aikinsa na siyasa a matsayin mai ba da labari a majalisar ministocin Jean-Maurice Dehousse a 1980<unk>81. Wa'adinsa na siyasa na farko ya zo ne a 1982, lokacin da ya kasance mai ba da shawara na Mons (har zuwa 1985, kuma daga 1988 zuwa 2000). A 1986, ya kasance magajin gari na kiwon lafiya, sabunta birane da al'amuran zamantakewa. A sana'a, Di Rupo ya kasance memba na majalisar ministoci kuma a lokaci guda mataimakin shugaban majalisar ministan kudi na wannan lokaci na yankin Walloon da kuma mataimakin shugaban majalisar minista na makamashi na Walloon da kuma mataimakin ministan makamashi na Leeds (United Kingdom), inda aikinsa shi ne na ma'aikacin
Shekarar 1986