Carl Devlies
Secretary of State for Coordination of the fight against fraud, assistant to the Prime Minister, and Secretary of State, assistant to the Minister for Justice
- Level of competence:
- Federal government
- Party:
- CD&V
Rue Royale 180
1000 Brussels
02 209 33 11
contact@devlies.fed.be
Duties and tasks
- Fight against fraud and uniform application of legislation throughout the country
- College for the fight against fiscal and social fraud
Political career
- Official representative in the Economy cabinet of the late Gaston Geens, President of the Flemish Executive at the time (1985 -1988)
- Eighth deputy mayor of Louvain in charge of culture, tourism and arts education (1989 - 1994)
- Chairman of the constituency of the CD&V and member of the bureau of the national party of the CD&V (1990 - 2003)
- First deputy mayor of Louvain in charge of finance, culture and tourism (1995 - 2000)
- Acting burgermeister of Louvain (1998)
- Federal deputy (2003 – 2007)
- First deputy mayor of Louvain in charge of finance, sport and the self-employed (2001 - 2006)
- First deputy mayor of Louvain in charge of finance, sport, trade and agriculture (2007 - ...) currently replaced by Els Van Hoof due to justified absence
- Federal deputy, first vice-chairman of the Commission on Finance and the Budget of the Chamber of Representatives, chairman of the Commission on Military Procurement (2007 - ...), currently replaced by Ingrid Claes due to justified absence
- Secretary of State for coordination of the fight against fraud, assistant to the Prime Minister (20 March 2008 to date) and to the Minister for Justice (6 June 2008 to date)
Professional career
- Lawyer admitted to the Louvain bar
Etudes
- Degree in law and economics (Catholic University of Leuven)
- Date of birth: 23 January 1953
- Place of birth: Amsterdam
- Mother tongue: Dutch