Steven Vanackere | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 6 December 2011 – 5 March 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Elio Di Rupo |
| Preceded by | Didier Reynders |
| Succeeded by | Koen Geens |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 25 November 2009 – 6 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Yves Leterme |
| Preceded by | Yves Leterme |
| Succeeded by | Didier Reynders |
| Minister of Civil Service, Public Enterprises and Institutional Reforms | |
| In office 30 December 2008 – 25 November 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Herman van Rompuy |
| Preceded by | Inge Vervotte |
| Succeeded by | Inge Vervotte |
| Minister for Welfare, Public Health and Family of Flanders | |
| In office 28 June 2007 – 30 December 2008 | |
| President | Kris Peeters |
| Preceded by | Inge Vervotte |
| Succeeded by | Veerle Heeren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1964 Wevelgem, Belgium |
| Political party | Christian Democratic and Flemish |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
| Website | www |
Steven Vanackere (Dutch: [ˈsteːvə(ɱ) vɑnˈɑkərə]; born 4 February 1964) is a Belgian politician from Flanders and member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V).[1] He held the portfolios of Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Institutional Reform in the Leterme II government.[citation needed] He is the son of Leo Vanackere, who, following a political career as a Member of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate of Belgium, became the Provincial Governor of West Flanders in 1979. His grandfather, Remi Wallays, had also been a senator and had been a former Mayor of Wevelgem.
On 7 January 2014, CD&V designated Steven Vanackere as its third-placed candidate, behind serving MEPs Marianne Thyssen and Ivo Belet, on its list for the European Parliament elections in May 2014.[2] It had been considered unlikely by commentators that he would accept this challenge as initially when it was offered to him in December 2013, he had indicated his disappointment and seemed set to reject it, saying this would probably mark the end of his political career, given the perceived upward struggle facing CD&V in retaining its third seat in the new post-2014-election configuration of the European Parliament, both in view of the fact that Belgium's Flemish parties will have one fewer seat in the new Parliament and the increase in popularity of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) since the previous European Parliament elections.[3] In the end, he received 151,000 votes to his name but missed out on a European parliamentary seat and subsequently mentioned on Actua-TV that he would be happy to be coopted as a senator or as a member of the new Flemish government.[4] He ultimately took the former route, swearing the oath as a senator on 10 July 2014.[5] Steven Vanackere lives in Neder-Over-Heembeek Brussels).
- ^ "Vanackere verhuist naar nieuwe regering" (in Dutch). Brusselnieuws.be. 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
- ^ "Flemish lists for European elections". EUROPOLITICS. 2014-01-10. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- ^ "Steven Vanackere gaat toch voor Europees Parlement" (in Dutch). de redactie.be (VRT). 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- ^ "Vanackere wil opgevist worden" (in Dutch). Metro (Belgium - Flemish edition). 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ^ "KORT NIEUWS" (in Dutch). Metro Summertime (Belgium - Flemish edition). 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2014-07-22.