Gaëtan Van Goidsenhoven
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Gaëtan Van Goidsenhoven | |
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| Mayor of Anderlecht | |
| In office 2007–2012 | |
| Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 2, 1973 |
| Party | Reformist Movement |
| Alma mater | Université libre de Bruxelles |
| Occupation | Politician |
Gaëtan Van Goidsenhoven (born October 2, 1973, in Uccle, Belgium) is a Belgian francophone politician and a member of the MR (Mouvement Réformateur).
He served as the Mayor of Anderlecht from 2007 to 2012 and is currently a member of the Brussels Parliament, a representative in the French Community Parliament, and the president of the MR group in the Senate.
Gaëtan Van Goidsenhoven was born in Uccle on October 2, 1973. He spent his childhood and completed his education in Anderlecht.[1]
In 1997, he graduated with a degree in history from the Université libre de Bruxelles.[1]
Following the start of his career as a historian at the Francophone Liberal Archives, he passed a recruitment exam in 2005 for the French Community. This led to his employment as a civil servant in the Cultural Heritage Service.[1]
Administrator of the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals Veeweyde, he became its president in December 2018.[2] In 2022, Gaëtan Van Goidsenhoven and his party opposed ritual slaughter without stunning in order to improve animal welfare. This stance led to a citizen's call to refrain from voting for the MR (Mouvement Réformateur) in Anderlecht.[3][4]