Vincent Van Peteghem
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Mathieu Michel (as Secretary of State for Administrative Simplification)
Vincent Van Peteghem | |
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.jpg) Van Peteghem in 2024 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexander De Croo Bart De Wever |
| Minister of Budget and Administrative Simplification | |
| Assumed office 3 February 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Bart De Wever |
| Preceded by | Alexia Bertrand (as Minister of Budget) Mathieu Michel (as Secretary of State for Administrative Simplification) |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1 October 2020 – 3 February 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexander De Croo |
| Preceded by | Alexander De Croo |
| Succeeded by | Jan Jambon |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| In office 10 July 2024 – 3 February 2025 | |
| Constituency | East Flanders |
| In office 25 May 2014 – 26 May 2019 | |
| Constituency | East Flanders |
| Mayor of Nazareth-De Pinte | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Hilde Claeys |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 October 1980 |
| Party | CD&V |
| Alma mater | Ghent University |
| Occupation | Professor • Politician |
| Website | Official website |
Vincent Van Peteghem (28 October 1980) is a Belgian economist and politician of CD&V who has been serving as a Deputy Prime Minister and as the Minister of Budget in the De Wever Government since february 2025. He previously served as the Minister of Finance in the De Croo government from 1 October 2020 to 3 February 2025.[1] He was a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium from 2014 until 2020.
Vincent Van Peteghem was born on 28 October 1980 in Ghent.[2] He was a management professor at the EDHEC Business School in Lille, France.[3]
Political career
In the 2014 elections, Peteghem was first elected to the Chamber of Representatives for CD&V,[3] and served until 2019.[2] On 1 January 2019 he became mayor of De Pinte.[4] In 2019, he was a candidate as Chairman of the CD&V, but finished in fourth place.[5]
On 1 October 2020, Peteghem became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Alexander De Croo.[6]
In 2023, as chair of the European Investment Bank's Board of Governors, Peteghem was in charge of leading the process of selecting a new president for the organization.[7]
In the 2024 Belgian federal election, he was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
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