Kattrin Jadin
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Kattrin Jadin (born 1 July 1980) is a
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judge. Since September 2022 she serves as a member of the Belgian Constitutional Court.


Career

She ran for the Chamber of Representatives for the first time in 2004, failing to be elected. She ran again in 2007, successfully being elected. In 2009, she was named president of the
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt The Party for Freedom and Progress (german: Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, PFF) is a regional liberal political party in the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The party still retains the German version of the name of the all-Belgian li ...
. She was elected in 2007 and served in the
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(2007-2022) and as president of the
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt The Party for Freedom and Progress (german: Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, PFF) is a regional liberal political party in the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The party still retains the German version of the name of the all-Belgian li ...
. In 2015, she was part of the parliament's inquiry commission into the Volkswagen emissions scandal. In 2017, she stated that she was in favour of opening a debate on the legalisation of cannabis in Belgium. In 2019, she was among the candidates rumoured to be running for the leadership of the
Reformist Movement The Reformist Movement (french: Mouvement Réformateur, MR) is a liberal French-speaking political party in Belgium. MR is traditionally a conservative-liberal party, but it also contains social-liberal factions. The party is in coalition as ...
. In the end, she chose not to run, endorsing the campaign of
Georges-Louis Bouchez Georges-Louis Bouchez (GLB), (born March 23, 1986) is a Belgians, Belgian politician and lawyer. Since 2019 he has served as a Senate (Belgium), Senator and leader of Mouvement Réformateur, Mouvement réformateur. Early life Bouchez was born i ...
instead. In October 2019, she proposed a bill to extend the period in which it abortion is legal in Belgium from until 12 weeks after conception to until 18 weeks. In 2022 she was appointed a member of the Belgian Constitutional Court.Constitutional Court: Kattrin Jadin's appointment approved
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Personal life

She has a degree in political science and international relations from the Université de Liège, graduating in 2003.


References


External links

* - Official website University of Liège alumni Constitutional Court of Belgium judges Belgian women in politics Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt politicians 1980 births Living people {{Wallonia-politician-stub