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Ben Weyts | |
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Vice Minister-President of Flanders | |
Assumed office 2 October 2019 Serving with Hilde Crevits and Bart Somers | |
Prime Minister | Jan Jambon |
Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
In office 31 December 2008 – 28 April 2014 | |
Constituency | Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde |
Flemish ministerial roles | |
2014–2019 |
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2019 |
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2019– |
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Personal details | |
Born | Leuven, Belgium | 12 November 1970
Political party | People's Union (1999-2001) New Flemish Alliance (2001-present) |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Beersel, Belgium |
Alma mater | Ghent University |
Website | Ben Weyts |
Ben Weyts (born 12 November 1970) is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). He has been a Vice Minister-President of Flanders in the Jambon Government since 2019,[1] and serves as the Flemish minister for Animal Welfare, the Brussels Periphery, Education, and Sport. He previously served in the Homans and Bourgeois governments from 2014 to 2019. He was a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 2008 to 2014.