Vincent Van Quickenborne

Vincent Van Quickenborne
Vincent Van Quickenborne
	Vincent Van Quickenborne, 2009.
Minister of Justice and the North Sea
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2020
Prime Minister	Alexander De Croo
Preceded by	Koen Geens (Minister of Justice); Philippe De Backer (Minister of the North Sea)
Mayor of Kortrijk
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2013
Preceded by	Stefaan De Clerck
Personal details
Born	1 August 1973 (age 48); Ghent, Belgium
Political party	People's Union (1997-2001); Spirit (2001-2002); Open VLD (since 2002)
Alma mater	Catholic University of Leuven

Vincent Paul Marie Van Quickenborne (born 1 August 1973) is a Belgian politician of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats who has been serving as Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo since 2020.

Political career[]

Van Quickenborne has been Senator from 1999 to 2003, a Secretary of State (2003–2008),^[1] Minister (2008–2011) responsible for the simplification of the administration and Deputy Prime Minister and Pensions Minister (2011–2012). On 17 October 2012, he resigned as minister to become mayor of Kortrijk for the term starting in February 2013.^[2]

Van Quickenborne is also member of the municipal council of Kortrijk, where he lives nowadays.

References[]

^ Sarah Laitner (April 23, 2006), Kafka inspires Q’s metamorphosis Financial Times.
^ "Vincent Van Quickenborne - VU-ID" (in Dutch). Senate of Belgium. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

External links[]

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[1] Sarah Laitner (April 23, 2006), Kafka inspires Q’s metamorphosis Financial Times.

[2] "Vincent Van Quickenborne - VU-ID" (in Dutch). Senate of Belgium. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

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Vincent Van Quickenborne
Vincent Van Quickenborne, 2009.

Minister of Justice and the North Sea
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2020
Prime Minister	Alexander De Croo
Preceded by	Koen Geens (Minister of Justice) Philippe De Backer (Minister of the North Sea)
Mayor of Kortrijk
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Preceded by	Stefaan De Clerck

Personal details
Born	(1973-08-01) 1 August 1973 (age 48) Ghent, Belgium
Political party	People's Union (1997-2001) Spirit (2001-2002) Open VLD (since 2002)
Alma mater	Catholic University of Leuven