BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION to the ARAB REPUBLIC of EGYPT / 24 • 28 May 2008




HE Vincent VAN QUICKENBORNE, Federal Minister for Enterprise & Administrative Reform


Personal data:

• Date of birth: 1 August 1973
• Place of birth: Ghent


Studies:

• Sint-Barbara College Gent 1991, Belgium
• Law Studies: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1995, Belgium, magna cum laude


Profession:

Former lawyer at the bar of Kortrijk


Political activities:

• Senator (1999-2003)
• City Council of Kortrijk (2001- )
• Member of the National Bureau of Open Vld (Flemish Liberal Party) (2002- )
• Secretary of State for Administrative Reform, attached to the Prime Minister (2003-2007)
• Federal Minister for Enterprise & Administrative Reform (2008- )


Publications:

• "Pleidooi voor een warme fusie. Vlaanderen moet een netwerk van 25 grote steden worden" in Stadslucht maakt vrij by S. GATZ, S. VAN ROUVEROIJ, C. LEYSEN, P. STOUTHUYSEN, J. BASILIADES, VUBPress, Brussel, 2005
• "Vestigingswetgeving: verleden, heden en (mogelijke) toekomst - Administratieve rompslomp of zinvolle reglementering?" in Liber Alumnorum KULAK, Die Keure, Brugge, 2005
• "De Kruispuntbank Ondernemingen, instrument voor administratieve vereenvoudiging" in Liber Amicorum by J.-P. DE BANDT, Bruylant, Brussel, 2003.


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