Anneleen Van Bossuyt
Belgian politician (born 1980) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anneleen Van Bossuyt (born 10 January 1980) is a Flemish politician who has been serving as the Minister of Asylum, Migration, Integration and Urban policy in the De Wever government since February 2025. She previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP)[1] from January 2015 to July 2019 for the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), part of the European Conservatives and Reformists group. She succeeded Louis Ide. Since 2019, she has served as an MP in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
Anneleen Van Bossuyt | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Asylum, Migration, Integration and Urban policy | |
| Assumed office 3 February 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Bart De Wever |
| Preceded by | Nicole de Moor (as Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration) Frank Vandenbroucke (as Acting Minister of Urban policy) |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 20 June 2019 | |
| Constituency | East Flanders |
| Member of the European Parliament for Belgium | |
| In office 8 January 2015 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Ide |
| Constituency | Dutch-speaking electoral college |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1980 Ghent, Belgium |
| Political party | New Flemish Alliance |
| Alma mater | Ghent University University of Rennes 1 |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Politician |
| Website | www.anneleenvanbossuyt.be |
Biography
Van Bossuyt grew up in Ghent. She obtained a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Ghent in 2003 and then completed her studies with a master's in European law at the University of Rennes in 2004. After her studies in France, she returned to the University of Ghent as a lecturer in law before working for the N-VA's parliamentary faction as an advisor on legal policy.[2]
She was a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), of which she was the chair from June 2017 to the end of the term. She also was a member of the delegation for relations with the United States.
Van Bossuyt was N-VA's main candidate in the Ghent municipal elections of October 2018 and is since a member of the Ghent City Council. She was also N-VA's main candidate in the federal elections of 2019 where she ran on the list for East Flanders, and since holds a seat in the Chamber of Representatives.
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