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Patricia Ceysens (born 5 June 1965) is a Flemish politician and member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open VLD) party.
Political career[edit]
Since 1995 Ceysens has been a member of the city council of Leuven. She briefly served as a member of the provincial council of Flemish Brabant in 1995 until she was elected to the Flemish Parliament. She was re-elected in 1999 and 2004, and after a cabinet reshuffle, Ceysens became part of the Flemish Government and served as Flemish minister of Economy, Foreign Trade and E-government from June 2003 to July 2004. After the regional elections of 2004, Ceysens became leader of her parliamentary group in the Flemish parliament. In 2014 she was elected member of the Belgian Parliament.
Education[edit]
She graduated in law at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1988 and also obtained a degree in Marketing Management from the CMO (now Syntra) in 1991. From 1989 until 1990, she was an academic assistant at the law school of the university.