Hilde Vautmans MEP | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 January 2015 | |
Preceded by | Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck |
Constituency | Dutch-speaking electoral college of Belgium |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 May 1972 Sint-Truiden, Belgium | (age 52)
Political party | Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten |
Occupation | Politician |
Hilde Vautmans (born 2 May 1972) is a Belgian politician of the Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since January 2015, representing the Dutch-speaking electoral college of Belgium.[1]
Vautmans served as assistant to both senator Valère Vautmans , her uncle, and senator Stef Goris . She subsequently worked in the cabinet of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, and helped him with legalising same-sex marriage in Belgium.[2]
She was elected President of the European Liberal Forum in September 2020.[3]