Benoît Lutgen

Benoît Lutgen (born 10 March 1970) is a Belgian politician who served as head of the Centre démocrate humaniste (Humanist Democrat Centre) political party in Belgium from 2011 to 2019.^[1]

Benoît Lutgen
Lutgen in 2007
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Constituency	Belgium
Personal details
Born	(1970-03-10) 10 March 1970 (age 54) Bastogne, Belgium
Political party	Centre démocrate humaniste

Early life

Benoît Lutgen was born on 10 March 1970 in Bastogne.^[2] His father was Guy Lutgen.^[3]

Political career

Career in national politics

Previously, Lutgen was Secretary-General of the Centre démocrate humaniste from 2001 to 2002 and National Campaign Director for the party in 2004. Lutgen was Minister for Public Works, Agriculture, Rural Affairs, Nature, Forests and Heritage of Wallonia. He was previously Minister for Agriculture, Rural Affairs, the Environment and Tourism in the governments of Ministers-President Elio Di Rupo and Rudy Demotte from 2004 to 2009.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–2024

Lutgen has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections. He has since been serving on the Committee on Transport and Tourism. In this capacity, he has been part of the Tourism Task Force (TTF).^[4] He has also been a substitute member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, where he served as rapporteur on the European Commission's 2023 proposal to revise the Industrial Emissions Directive.^[5]

In addition to his committee assignments, Lutgen is part of the Parliament's delegation with the United States. He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability^[6] and the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.^[7]

Member of the Belgian Parliament, 2024–present

He was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in the 2024 Belgian federal election.

References

1. "Benoit Lutgen: "Our democratic system is out of breath"". Le Vif.be. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
2. "Benoît Lutgen". Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
3. "L'ancien ministre et bourgmestre de Bastogne Guy Lutgen est décédé". Le Soir (in French). 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. Composition of the Tourism Task Force (TTF) European Parliament.
5. Antonia Zimmermann (11 July 2023), EU conservatives score big win on industrial emissions rules Politico Europe.
6. Members of the Disability Intergroup - EPP Archived 2020-12-04 at the Wayback Machine European Disability Forum.
7. Members Archived 2019-08-31 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.

External links

Media related to Benoît Lutgen at Wikimedia Commons

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