Zuhal Demir

Zuhal Demir
Flemish Minister for Justice and Enforcement, Environment, Energy and Tourism
Assumed office
2 October 2019
Prime MinisterJan Jambon
Preceded byBen Weyts (as Minister of Tourism)
Secretary of State for Poverty Reduction, Equal Opportunities, People with Disabilities, Urban Policy and Scientific Policy
In office
24 February 2017 – 9 December 2018
Preceded byElke Sleurs
Succeeded byWouter Beke (as Minister of Consumer Affairs, Disabled Persons, Economy, Employment, Equal Rights and Fighting Poverty)
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
20 July 2010 – 24 February 2017
Personal details
Born (1980-03-02) 2 March 1980 (age 44)
Genk, Limburg, Belgium
CitizenshipBelgium[1]
Political partyNew Flemish Alliance
Children1
Websitewww.n-va.be/cv/zuhal-demir

Zuhal Demir (born 2 March 1980) is a Belgian lawyer and politician affiliated with the N-VA. Demir was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2010 and served there until 2017.[2] She served as Secretary of State for Poverty Reduction in the Belgian Government (2017–2018). She then served as the Flemish minister for Justice and Enforcement, Environment, Energy and Tourism in the Jambon Government. In September 2024 she was sworn in as Flemish minister for Education in the Diependaele Government.

  1. ^ "Belgian Kurd minister renounces Turkish citizenship". Kurdistan 24. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Chamber of Representatives: cv Zuhal Demir (Dutch)".