- Kathleen Van Brempt
Kathleen Van Brempt (
November 18 ,1969 ), born inWilrijk , is a Flemish social-democratic politician and member of the SP-A. She currently serves as Flemish Minister for Mobility, Social Economy and Equal Opportunities.Van Brempt studied at the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven where she becamelicentiate insociology in 1991.After having worked for the SP-A in capacity of a researcher and as political secretary to
Louis Tobback , in 1999 Van Brempt was appointed deputy chief of staff to the minister of employmentRenaat Landuyt .She served as a member of the
European Parliament from January 6, 2000 to October 1, 2003, when she resigned to become State Secretary for Labor organization and Welfare in the working place in theBelgian federal government . During the regional elections of 2004, Van Brempt was elected to theFlemish Parliament and she became Minister for Mobility, Social Economy and Equal Opportunities in theFlemish government .Since 2001, Kathleen Van Brempt is a member of the city council of
Antwerp External links
* [http://www.kathleenvanbrempt.be/ Official personal website of Van Brempt]
* [http://www.ministerkathleenvanbrempt.be/ Official website of Van Brempt in her function of Flemish minister]
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