Hilde Urbanie Julia Crevits (born 28 June 1967, in

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) is a Belgian politician from

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and member of the

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party who is currently the Flemish minister of Economy, Innovation, Work, Social economy and Agriculture. Crevits graduated from

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as a Licentiate of Law in 1990 and subsequently became a lawyer. Crevits served on the provincial council of

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from 1999 to 2004, when she was elected to the

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in the 2004 regional elections. From 2000 to 2007 she served as an alderman in Torhout. After the

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s, in the cabinet reshuffle of 28 June 2007, Crevits took over the competences of

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in the

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as Flemish minister of Public Works, Energy, the Environment and Nature. After the 2009 regional elections she became Flemish minister of Mobility and Public Works in the

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. After the

2014 elections * 2014 United Nations Security Council election 16 October 2014 Africa * 2014 Algerian presidential election 17 April 2014 * 2014 Botswana general election 24 October 2014 * 2014 Comorian presidential election 21 February and 10 April 2014 * 2014 ...

, she became the Vice-Minister-President and Minister of Education in the

Bourgeois Government The Bourgeois Government (''Regering-Bourgeois'') was the Flemish Government formed following the Belgian regional elections, 2014, 2014 Flemish Parliament election. The cabinet consisted of a centre-right coalition of the nationalist New Flemish ...

. Since 2 October 2019 she is Vice Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Economy, Innovation, Work, Social economy and Agriculture in the

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. Since 9 May 2016 she has also been mayor of Torhout.

Honours

*2014: commander in the Order of Leopold.

References

External links

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Info on the Flemish Parliament website
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