Johan Van Overtveldt | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Belgium | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 11 October 2014 –9 December 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Charles Michel |
Preceded by | Koen Geens |
Succeeded by | Alexander De Croo |
Personal details | |
Born | Mortsel,Belgium | 24 August 1955
Political party | New Flemish Alliance (2013–present) |
Alma mater | Saint Ignatius University Centre |
Johan Van Overtveldt (born 24 August 1955) is a Belgian journalist and politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). He served as Minister of Finance of Belgium from 2014 until 2018. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament since July 2024,where is serves as chair of the Budgetary committee. [1]
He was the chief editor of Trends from 2010 to 2013 and chief editor of Knack from 2011 to 2012.[ citation needed ]
In 2012 he was awarded the Prize for Liberty by the Flemish classical-liberal think tank Libera!.
In November 2013 Van Overtveldt switched over to politics,becoming a member of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). As main N-VA candidate for the 2014 European Parliament elections,he was elected as a member of the European Parliament.
Following the formation of the Michel Government in October 2014,Van Overtveldt became Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister Charles Michel;Sander Loones succeeded him as member of the European Parliament.
Since the 2019 elections,Van Overtveldt has been a member of the European Parliament,where he has been chairing the Parliament's Committee on Budgets. In addition,he is a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In this capacity,he is the Parliament's rapporteur on the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021–2027. [2]
Van Overtveldt was re-elected in May 2024.
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