Monica De Coninck
Monica De Coninck (Ostend, 21 March 1956) is a Flemish politician for the left-wing Socialistische Partij Anders (sp.a) party.
Political career[edit]
In the 1990s she worked in the office of Leo Peeters (SP), a minister in the regional Luc Van den Brande IV government.[3] From 1995 to 1999, De Coninck was a poverty and urban policy consultant. In August 2000, De Coninck was appointed Deputy Head of the Cabinet of Charles Piqué (PS), in the first government of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.
From 1994 to 2001, she was in the Antwerp Provincial Council. From 2001 to 2006, she was President of the Antwerp Centre for Social Welfare.[4][5] Later she was head of social policy, diversity and offices in Antwerp. In 2007 she was once again voted as President of the CPAS.
In December 2011, De Coninck succeeded Joëlle Milquet (CDH) as Minister of Labour. In 2014 De Coninck was re-elected member of the Belgian Parliament.
Education[edit]
De Conink studied Moral Sciences at Ghent University.
