Jo Vandeurzen
Jo Vandeurzen | |
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Jo Vandeurzen Photo credit: [Wouter Appeltans] | |
Flemish Minister | |
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Born | Johan Maria Gerardus Vandeurzen 2 June 1958 Heusden, Belgium |
Nationality | Belgium |
Occupation | politician |
Johan Maria Gerardus "Jo" Vandeurzen (born 2 June 1958) is a Belgian politician, member of Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V), a centrist Flemish Christian Democratic party. He was the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Justice and Institutional Reforms in the Leterme I Government (the Belgian federal government), which took office on 20 March 2008. On 19 December 2008 he resigned after a crisis.[1]
After the 2009 Flemish regional election, CD&V was the largest party and he received 69,223 preference votes. When the 2009–2014 Peeters II Government took office, he became the Flemish Minister for Welfare, Public Health and Family.
He is a Master of Laws from the Catholic University of Leuven. He works at Geyskens-Vandeurzen in Beringen.[2]
Political career
- chairman of CVP’s division Genk (1983–1989)
- member of the OCMW council in Genk (1989–1998)
- chairman of the OCMW in Genk (1989–1993)
- member of the national CVP’s bureau (1989–1992)
- Belgian representative (1993 - )
- member of the city council in Genk (1995 - )
- leader of the CVP in the municipal council of Genk (1995–1998)
- secretary-general of CD&V (2001–2004)
- temporary chairman of CD&V (2004)
- chairman of CD&V (29 October 2004 - 21 December 2007)
- Belgian Minister of Justice since 21 December 2007 - 22 December 2008)
- Flemish Minister of Welfare, Public Health and Family (13 July 2009 – present)
References
- ↑ "Belgium: PM offers resignation over banking deal". CNN. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ↑ "20 March 2008 – Royal Orders. Government – Dismissals – Appointments" (PDF) (in Dutch and French). The Belgian Official Journal. 2008-03-21. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
External links
- Media related to Jo Vandeurzen at Wikimedia Commons