Petra De Sutter

Petra De Sutter
Member of the Belgian Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2014
Personal details
Born 10 June 1963 (age 51)
Oudenaarde, Belgium
Nationality Belgian
Political party Green
Website www.petradesutter.be

Petra De Sutter (Oudenaarde, 10 June 1963) is a professor of gynaecology at Ghent University, head of the Department of Reproductive Medicine at Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent) and a politician of the Green party.

In the 2014 European elections, she was second on the list for the Flemish Green party. However, while the party gained votes, it did not obtain enough to win a second seat. She was subsequently co-opted by her party for a seat in the Belgian Senate, making her one of the few openly transgender politicians in Europe.