Annelies Verlinden
Appearance
Annelies Verlinden | |
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![]() Verlinden in 2024 | |
Minister of Justice | |
Assumed office 3 February 2025 | |
Prime Minister | Bart De Wever |
Preceded by | Paul Van Tigchelt |
Minister of the Interior | |
In office 1 October 2020 – 3 February 2025 | |
Prime Minister | Alexander De Croo |
Preceded by | Pieter De Crem |
Succeeded by | Bernard Quintin |
Member of the Schoten City Council | |
In office 13 June 2003 – 14 October 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Annelies Jan Louisa Verlinden 5 September 1978 Merksem, Belgium |
Political party | CD&V |
Alma mater | Saint Ignatius University Centre KU Leuven Université catholique de Louvain |
Occupation | Lawyer • Professor • Politician |
Awards | Order of Leopold (2024) |
Annelies Jan Louisa Verlinden (born 5 September 1978)[1] is a Belgian politician. As of 3 February 2025[update], she is the Minister of Justice in the De Wever Government led by Prime Minister Bart De Wever. Previously she was Minister of the Interior, Institutional Reforms, and Democratic Renewal in the De Croo Government.[2][3] Verlinden is a member of the Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams party.[4]
In the 2024 Belgian federal election, she was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
References
[edit]- ^ "Annelies Verlinden". Belgian Federal Public Services. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Le casting du gouvernement De Croo". L'Echo (in French). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Neirynck, Pieterjan (1 October 2020). "Comeback Vandenbroucke, geen Calvo of De Block: dit zijn de gezichten van de nieuwe federale regering". Business AM (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Who is in Belgium's new federal government?". The Brussels Times. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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