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Vincent Van Quickenborne
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Van Quickenborne was born in Ghent. He attended Sint-Barbaracollege, a public Jesuit school in Ghent and went on to study law at the Catholic University of Leuven/Louvain (KU Leuven). He then practised at the Kortrijk/Courtrai bar.WEB,weblink Attentat de Bruxelles : le ministre de la Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne démissionne, 20 October 2023, RTBF, fr,Political career
Van Quickenborne was a Senator (1999-2003), Secretary of State (junior minister) responsible for the simplification of the administration (2003â2007), Minister for entrepreneurship and simplification (2008â2011), Deputy Prime Minister and Pensions Minister (2011â2012), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice and North Sea (2020-2023). He was a member of the Chamber of Representatives (2003, 2007-2008, 2010-2011 and 2012-2020). Since 2013 he has been mayor of Kortrijk.WEB,weblink Vincent Van Quickenborne - VU-ID, nl, Senate (Belgium), Belgian Senate, 21 October 2023, As Pensions Minister, he was responsible for pushing controversial pension reforms through Parliament. He then left the Government to become mayor of Kortrijk, returning as Minister of Justice in 2022. In September 2022 he was the subject of a kidnap plot, reported to be linked to drug criminals. A car containing firearms was found outside his house, and his security was stepped up.WEB,weblink Vincent Van Quickenborne: Four arrested in Belgian minister 'kidnap plot', 25 September 2022, BBC News, In September 2023 Van Quickenborne was involved in a scandal dubbed "pipigate" by the media when CCTV footage emerged of guests at his 50th birthday party urinating on a police van belonging to his protection detail. He apologised to Parliament and denied having joked about the incident.WEB,weblink Vincent Van Quickenborne: Belgian justice minister apologises for 'Pipigate' scandal, 7 September 2023, BBC News, In October 2023, Van Quickenborne resigned as Minister of Justice after the 2023 Brussels shooting; by stepping down, he took political responsibility for Belgian authorities not having complied with a request from Tunisia to extradite the attacker, Abdesalam Lassoued, in August 2022.WEB,weblink Belgian justice minister resigns after Brussels attack, 20 October 2023, Politico Europe,Personal life
Van Quickenborne is married to Anouk Sabbe. The couple have three children, the youngest born in May 2023.WEB,weblink Lou is derde kindje van minister Vincent Van Quickenborne: "Ons gezin is nu compleet", 19 May 2023, Het Nieuwsblad,References
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