Renaat Landuyt

Renaat Julien Landuyt (born 28 January 1959) is a Belgian socialist politician. He is a member of the SP.A.

Renaat Landuyt
Vice-Minister-President of Flanders Acting
In office 5 June 2003 – 11 June 2003
Preceded by	Patrick Dewael
Succeeded by	Bart Somers
Mayor of Bruges
In office 2013–2019
Preceded by	Patrick Moenaert
Succeeded by	Dirk De fauw
Personal details
Born	(1959-01-28) 28 January 1959 (age 65) Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
Political party	Different Socialist Party
Website	Official website

Renaat Landuyt became a licentiate in law in 1982 and has been an attorney since then. He was first elected to the Belgian House of Representatives in 1991, where he served until 1999. From 1995 to 1999 he served as a quaestor of the House. He served as secretary of the parliamentary investigation into the Dutroux Affair.

After the 1999 general elections Landuyt became Flemish minister of Labour and Tourism. After Steve Stevaert resigned from the Flemish government in 2003, Landuyt took over his portfolio of Deputy Minister-President on top of his own Minister of Labour and Tourism for the remainder of the term. After the regional elections of 2004, Landuyt left the Flemish government to become Minister of Transport in the federal government (2004–2007). He was elected again to the Belgian Parliament in June 2007 and after the establishment of the Leterme I Government took up his seat, in 2010 he was re-elected.

He was mayor of Bruges from 2013 to 2019.

External links

• Official website of the Minister of Transport Landuyt only in Dutch or French.

Political offices
Preceded by Patrick Moenaert	Mayor of Bruges 2013–2019	Succeeded by Dirk De fauw
Preceded by Patrick Dewael	Vice-Minister-President of Flanders Acting 2003	Succeeded by Bart Somers