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Vincent Van Quickenborne

Vincent Van Quickenborne

Minister for Enterprise and Streamlining Policy

Level of government:
Gouvernement fédéral
Party:
Open Vld
Contact:
9 Rue de Brederode
1000 Brussels
+32 (0)2 792 99 00
info@quickonomie.be

Duties and tasks: 

  • Federal Public Service Economy, SME, Self-Employed and Energy
  • Administrative simplification:Department for Administrative Simplification
  • Computerisation of public services:Federal Public Service Information and Communications Technology

Political career

  • Senator (1999 – 2003)
  • Municipal Councillor in Kortrijk (2001-)
  • Member of the National Committee of the Open VLD (2002 – present)
  • State Secretary for Administrative Simplification, attached to the Prime Minister (2003 – 2007)
  • Minister for Enterprise and Simplification (2008 – present)
  • Young Global Leader at the WTO (2010)

Professional career

  • Formerly a lawyer at the Bar of Kortrijk 

Studies

  • Masters in Law (K.U.Leuven – 1996)
  • Date of birth: 1 August 1973
  • Place of birth: Ghent
  • Mother tongue: Dutch
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