Sander Loones (born 26 January 1979 in

Veurne Veurne (; french: Furnes, italic=no, ) is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Veurne proper and the settlements of , , , , , Houtem, , , Wulveringem, and . History Origins ...

) is a Belgian politician who was the Belgian Minister of Defence from 12 November 2018 to 8 December 2018.
From 2014 to 2018, he was a

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(MEP) for the

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(N-VA) - the Belgian delegation to the

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Group. He was Vice Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs from 8 January 2015. On 12 November 2018, he succeeded

Steven Vandeput Steven Vandeput (born 30 March 1967 in Hasselt) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2010. In October 2014 he became the Minister of Defence in the Michel G ...

as Minister of Defence.

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1979 births Living people People from Veurne New Flemish Alliance MEPs MEPs for Belgium 2014–2019 Belgian Ministers of Defence {{Flanders-politician-stub