Ben Weyts (born 12 November 1970) is a Belgian politician of the

New Flemish Alliance The New Flemish Alliance ( ; N-VA) is a Flemish Movement, Flemish nationalist, Conservatism, conservative Political parties in Belgium, political party in Belgium. The party was established in 2001 by the right-leaning faction of the centrist-na ...

(N-VA). He has been a Vice Minister-President of Flanders in the Flemish Government since 2019, and serves as the

Flemish Flemish may refer to: * Flemish, adjective for Flanders, Belgium * Flemish region, one of the three regions of Belgium *Flemish Community, one of the three constitutionally defined language communities of Belgium * Flemish dialects, a Dutch dialec ...

Minister for Budget and Finance,

Brussels Periphery The Brussels Periphery (, i.e. the "Brussels Rim", or ''Vlaamse Rand'', i.e. the "Flemish Rim", or just ''De Rand'', "the Rim"; ) refers to 19 Flemish municipalities that encircle the Brussels-Capital Region. The Brussels Region is an enclave of ...

, Real Estate Heritage, and Animal Welfare in the current

Diependaele Government The Diependaele Government (''Regering-Diependaele'') is the Flemish Government formed and sworn in on 30 September 2024, following the 2024 Belgian regional elections and replacing the Jambon Government. The Government was formed following th ...

, which took office in 2024. As Vice-President in the Jambon Government from 2019 to 2024, he also served as the Flemish Minister for Animal Welfare, the

, Education, and Sport. He previously served in the Homans and

Bourgeois The bourgeoisie ( , ) are a class of business owners, merchants and wealthy people, in general, which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between the peasantry and Aristocracy (class), aristocracy. They are tradition ...

governments from 2014 to 2019. He was a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 2008 to 2014.

Notes

1970 births Ghent University alumni Government ministers of Flanders Living people Members of the 52nd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 53rd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) New Flemish Alliance politicians People's Union (Belgium) politicians Politicians from Leuven {{Flanders-politician-stub