Anneleen Van Bossuyt
Anneleen Van Bossuyt | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 8 January 2015 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1980 Ghent |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Political party | New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) |
| Website | www.anneleenvanbossuyt.be |
Anneleen Van Bossuyt (born 10 January 1980 in Ghent) was a Belgian Member of the European Parliament (MEP)[1] from January 2015 to July 2019 for the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), part of the European Conservatives and Reformists group. She succeeded Louis Ide. Since 2019, she has served as a deputy in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
Biography
[edit]Van Bossuyt grew up in Ghent. She obtained a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Ghent in 2003 and then completed her studies with a master's in European law at the University of Rennes in 2004. After her studies in France, she returned to the University of Ghent as a lecturer in law before working for the N-VA's parliamentary faction as an advisor on legal policy.[2]
She was a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), of which she was the chair from June 2017 to the end of the term. She also was a member of the delegation for relations with the United States.
Van Bossuyt was N-VA's main candidate in the Ghent municipal elections of October 2018 and is since a member of the Ghent City Council. She was also N-VA's main candidate in the federal elections of 2019 where she ran on the list for East Flanders, and since holds a seat in the Chamber of Representatives.
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT". europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Kathleen Depoorter naar provincie". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
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