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Annelies Verlinden

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Annelies Verlinden
Verlinden in 2024
Minister of Justice
Assumed office
3 February 2025
Prime MinisterBart De Wever
Preceded byPaul Van Tigchelt
Minister of the Interior
In office
1 October 2020 – 3 February 2025
Prime MinisterAlexander De Croo
Preceded byPieter De Crem
Succeeded byBernard Quintin
Member of the Schoten City Council
In office
13 June 2003 – 14 October 2012
Personal details
Born
Annelies Jan Louisa Verlinden

(1978-09-05) 5 September 1978 (age 46)
Merksem, Belgium
Political partyCD&V
Alma materSaint Ignatius University Centre
KU Leuven
Université catholique de Louvain
OccupationLawyerProfessorPolitician
AwardsOrder of Leopold (2024)

Annelies Jan Louisa Verlinden (born 5 September 1978)[1] is a Belgian politician. As of 3 February 2025, 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

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  1. ^ "Annelies Verlinden". Belgian Federal Public Services. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of the Interior
2020–2025
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
2025–present
Incumbent