Anneleen Van Bossuyt

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Anneleen Van Bossuyt
Member of the European Parliament
In office
8 January 2015 1 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1980-01-10) 10 January 1980 (age 44)
Ghent
NationalityBelgian
Political party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)
Website www.anneleenvanbossuyt.be

Anneleen Van Bossuyt (born 10 January 1980 in Ghent) was a Belgian 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 a deputy in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.

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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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References

  1. "Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT". europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  2. "Kathleen Depoorter naar provincie". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2023-11-13.