Monica De Coninck (

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, 21 March 1956) is a Flemish politician for the left-wing ''

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'' (sp.a) party. Between 6 December 2011 and October 2014 she was Minister of Labour in the

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Career

De Conink studied

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, after which she became teacher. She taught ethics in various schools for nearly a decade. She was a teacher in Aalst, Brussels and Sint-Niklaas. From 1988 to 1994, De Coninck worked for the Socialist Youth Association (SJV). In the 1990s she worked in the office of Leo Peeters (SP), a minister in the regional

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IV government. From 1995 to 1999, De Coninck was a poverty and urban policy consultant. In August 2000, De Coninck was appointed deputy head of the Cabinet of Charles Piqué ( PS), in the first government of Prime Minister

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. From 1994 to 2001, she was in the Antwerp Provincial Council. From 2001 to 2006, she was president of the Antwerp Centre for Social Welfare. Later she was head of social policy, diversity and offices in Antwerp. In 2007 she was president of the CPAS once again. In December 2011, De Coninck succeeded

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( CDH) as Minister of Labour.Work cheques could relieve youth unemployment, says minister , Flanders Today
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References

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Werk - samen aan het werk
(a website together with

Johan Vande Lanotte Johan Cyrille Corneel Vande Lanotte (born 6 July 1955) is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the SP.A, and became its party president on 15 October 2005. He handed down his leadership positions after the SP.A lost in the 2007 general elec ...

and John Crombez, also in the government) Vooruit (political party) politicians 1956 births Living people Ghent University alumni 21st-century Belgian politicians 21st-century Belgian women politicians {{Flanders-politician-stub