Petra De Sutter

Petra De Sutter
De Sutter in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2020
Prime MinisterAlexander De Croo
Minister of Civil Service
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2020
Prime MinisterAlexander De Croo
Preceded byDavid Clarinval
Member of the European Parliament
for Belgium
In office
2 July 2019 – 30 September 2020
Member of the Belgian Senate
In office
3 July 2014 – 29 March 2019
Personal details
Born10 June 1963 (1963-06-10) (age 61)[1]
Oudenaarde, Belgium
Political partyGroen
Children1
Alma materGhent University
Websitewww.petradesutter.be

Petra De Sutter (born 10 June 1963) is a Belgian gynaecologist and politician, currently serving as federal Deputy Prime Minister.

A member of the Groen party, she was previously a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 until 2020, when she was named Deputy PM with the responsibility of overseeing Belgium's public administration and public enterprises in Alexander De Croo's government.[2] She is the first transgender minister in Europe.[3]

Before entering into politics, she worked as professor of gynaecology at Ghent University, serving as head of the Department of Reproductive Medicine at Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent).[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Petra De Sutter, Elke Lahousse, (Over)leven: mijn strijd als transvrouw arts & politica (2016, ISBN 946041513X)
  2. ^ Barbara Moens (October 1, 2020), Green MEP Petra De Sutter to be named deputy Belgian PM Politico Europe.
  3. ^ Hugendubel, Katrin (1 October 2020). "Belgian milestone: A first trans minister and nobody cares". Politico. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. ^ Professor Petra De Sutter aangeduid als gecoöpteerd senator voor Groen, 21 June 2014, Het Laatste Nieuws