Guy Vanhengel
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Budget
- Level of government:
- Federal government
- Party:
- OpenVLD
Rue de la Loi 34-36
1040 Brussels
02 233 31 00
contact@vanhengel.info
Duties and tasks
- Federal Public Service Budget and Management Control
Political career
- Deputy for Brussels (1995 to date)
- President of the Council of the Flemish Community Commission (VGC) (1999 - 2000)
- Minister for Finance, Budget, Civil Service and External Relations in the government of the Brussels-Capital Region (2000 - 2004)
- Member of the College on Education, Vocational Training and the Budget of the Flemish Community Commission (2000 - 2004)
- Member of the College on Individual Aid and the Civil Service of the Joint Community Commission (2000 - 2004)
- Minister of the Flemish Region for Sport and for Affairs of the Brussels-Capital Region (2002 - 2003)
- Minister for Finance, Budget, External Relations and IT of the Brussels-Capital Region (2004 - 2009)
- President of the College of the Flemish Community Commission in charge of education, communication and the budget (2004 - 2009)
- Member of the College on health and the budget for the Joint Community Commission (2004 - 2009)
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Budget (2009-…)
Professional career
- Teacher at the Kakelbontschool in Brussels (1979-1981)
- Military service: national serviceman on the general staff of the Belgian army in Evere (1981-1982)
- Spokesman for Annemie Neyts, Secretary of State of the Brussels-Capital Region (1982-1984)
- Spokesman for Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Party for Freedom and Progress (1984-1985)
- Spokesman for Guy Verhofstadt, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Budget (1985-1988)
- Director “Toerisme Vlaanderen” (1988 to date). Seconded as spokesman to the cabinet of Patrick Dewael, Minister for Culture (1988-1989)
- Spokesman for the PVV/VLD party and political groups in the Chamber and the Senate (1989 -1995)
Studies
- Teacher training (Karel Buls Teacher Training College, Brussels, 1979)
- Date of birth: 10 June 1958
- Place of birth: Brussels
- Mothertongue: Dutch