Benoît Lutgen (born 10 March 1970) is a Belgian politician who served as head of the

Centre démocrate humaniste Humanist Democratic Centre (french: Centre Démocrate Humaniste, CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French-speaking political party in Belgium. The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP) ...

(Humanist Democrat Centre) political party in

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

from 2011 to 2019.

Early life

Benoît Lutgen was born on 10 March 1970 in

Bastogne Bastogne (; nl, Bastenaken, ; german: Bastnach/Bastenach; lb, Baaschtnech) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bastogne ...

. His father was Guy Lutgen.

Political career

Previously, Lutgen was Secretary-General of the Centre démocrate humaniste from 2001 to 2002 and National Campaign Director for the party in 2004. Lutgen was Minister for Public Works, Agriculture, Rural Affairs, Nature, Forests and Heritage of

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—al ...

. He was previously Minister for Agriculture, Rural Affairs, the Environment and Tourism from 2004 to 2009. Lutgen has been a

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since the

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. He has since been serving on the

Committee on Transport and Tourism The Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its current chair is the French MEP Karima Delli of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance. Research service The Committee is directly supported b ...

. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the Parliament's delegation with the

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. He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability and the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.Members
European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.

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Members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Centre démocrate humaniste MEPs 1970 births Living people Ministers of Agriculture of Belgium MEPs for Belgium 2019–2024 Members of the Parliament of Wallonia People from Bastogne Mayors of places in Belgium Government ministers of Wallonia {{Belgium-MEP-stub