Vincent Van Quickenborne
Vincent Van Quickenborne was born on August 1st 1973 in Gent (Belgium). He is a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the Flemish Liberal Party (Open VLD). He is also mayor of Kortenrijk.
Political Career
Van Quickenborne started his political career in 1999 as Belgian senator for Open VLD where he stayed until 2003. Since 2001 he has been a councillor in Kortrijk, the city of which he has been mayor since 2013. From 2003 to 2007, he was part of the Belgian Government Verhofstadt 2 as State Secretary of Administrative Simplification. Between 2008 and 2011, he was Minister of Business and Simplification. That same year he became Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Pensions (2011-2012). From 2009 to 2012 he was vice-chairman of the Flemish liberals, Open VLD. Since 2012, he has been a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for Open VLD.
Education
He graduated in law at the KU Leuven.
