Bruno Tuybens (born 10 November 1961) is a Belgian politician and member of the

sp.a Vooruit (, Dutch for Forward) is a Flemish social democratic political party in Belgium. It was formerly known as the (Flemish) Socialist Party (1978–2001: ''Socialistische Partij'', SP; 2001–2021: ''Socialistische Partij Anders'' , , SP.A) ...

. From 2002 until he became a secretary of state in 2005, Tuybens served as head of the sustainable and ethical investment division of the

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. In October 2005 Tuybens joined the

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as Secretary of state for Public Enterprises, attached to the Minister of Budget, serving until December 2007 when Verhofstadt III took power. Between 1999 and 2003 Tuybens served as chairman of the

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division of

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. In August 2005 Tuybens was elected to the International Executive Committee of the organization. In the

2006 Belgian municipal elections The Belgian provincial, municipal and district elections of 2006 took place on Sunday 8 October 2006. The electors have elected the municipal councillors of 589 cities and towns (308 in the Flemish Region, 262 in the Walloon Region and 19 in th ...

he led his cartel SAMBA to an electoral victory in his home town

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. Tuybens served as mayor of Zwalm (2007–2013). In the

2007 Belgian general election Federal elections were held in Belgium on 10 June 2007. Voters went to the polls in order to elect new members for the Chamber of Representatives and Senate. Eligible voters were Belgian citizens 18 years and older. There was a legal electora ...

s Tuybens was elected to the

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. He was re-elected in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

. In 2014 after not being given an electable place by his party for the 2014 general election, Tuybens decided not to stand for re-election.

References

External links

Official site
- Only available in Dutch {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuybens, Bruno 1961 births Living people Members of the 52nd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 53rd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Vooruit (political party) politicians