Laurette Onkelinx
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, in charge of Social Integration
- Federal government
- PS
- Party:
Rue du Commerce 78-80
1040 Brussels
02 233 5111
info@laurette-onkelinx.be
Duties and tasks:
- Federal Public Service Social Security (remit for the self-employed, answerable to the Minister for the Self-Employed)
- Federal Public Service Public Health, Safety of the Food Chain and Environment (remit for the environment, answerable to the Minister for Climate and Energy; Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain, answerable to the Minister for SMEs, the Self-Employed, Agriculture and Scientific Policy)
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Supervision of:
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The National Health/Disability Insurance Institute (INAMI)
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The National Family Allowance Office for Salaried Employees (ONAFTS)
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The Seafarers’ Benevolent and Welfare Fund (CSPM)
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The Mutual Society and National Association of Mutual Societies Supervisory Office (OCM)
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Supervision of 'Beliris' cooperation agreement
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Social integration: Federal Public Planning Service Social Integration and Economy, Fight Against Poverty (remit for big cities policy, answerable to the Minister for Big Cities)
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Supervision of Fedasil (in liaison with the Secretary of State for Social Integration, in liaison with the Minister for Immigration and Asylum Policy and the Secretary of State for Immigration and Asylum Policy)
Political career
- 1987: Deputy for the Liège constituency
- 1990-1992: Deputy and vice-president of the Chamber of Representatives
- 1990-1992: President of the Committee on Justice of the Chamber of Representatives
- 1992-1993: Federal Minister for Social Integration, Public Health and Environment
- 1993-1995: Minister-President of the Government of the French Community of Belgium, remit for Civil Service, Children and Health
- 1995-1999: Minister-President of the Government of the French Community of Belgium, remit for Education, Audiovisual, Youth, Children and Health
- 1999-2003: Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister for Employment and Equal Opportunities in the Verhofstadt I federal government
- 2003-2007: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Justice in the Verhofstadt II federal government
- December 2007 to date: Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health (in the Verhofstadt III, Leterme I, Van Rompuy and Leterme II governments)
Professional career
- Lawyer admitted to the Liège bar from 1981 to 2003. Honorary lawyer since 2003.
Studies
- Law degree from the University of Liège (1981)
- Date of birth: 2 October 1958
- Place of birth: Ougrée
- Mother tongue: French