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Ben Weyts
Ben Weyts
Vice Minister-President of Flanders
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 October 2019
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
	In office; 31 December 2008 – 28 April 2014
Constituency	Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde
Flemish ministerial roles
2014–2019	Animal Welfare; Brussels Periphery; Mobility; Public Works; Tourism;
2019	Animal Welfare; Brussels Periphery; Immovable Heritage; Foreign Policy; Mobility; Public Works; Tourism;
2019–	Animal Welfare; Brussels Periphery; Education; Sport;
Personal details
Born	12 November 1970 (age 53); Leuven, Belgium
Political party	New Flemish Alliance
Children	2
Residence(s)	Beersel, Belgium
Alma mater	Ghent University
Website	Ben Weyts

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Ben Weyts (born 12 November 1970) is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). He has been a Vice Minister-President of Flanders in the Jambon Government since 2019, and serves as the Flemish minister for Animal Welfare, the Brussels Periphery, Education, and Sport. He previously served in the Homans and Bourgeois governments from 2014 to 2019. He was a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 2008 to 2014.

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+|office1      = [[Minister-President of Flanders|Vice Minister-President of Flanders]]
-|term_start   = 2 October 2019
+|term_start1   = 2 October 2019
-|term_end   =
+|term_end1   =
-|office1       = [[Flemish Government|Flemish Minister]] of Mobility and Public Works
+|office2       = Member of the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]]
-|term_start1  = 25 July 2014
-|term_end1    = 2 October 2019
+|term_start2  = 31 December 2008
+|term_end2    = 28 April 2014
+|constituency2 = [[Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde]]
+| office4          = Flemish ministerial roles
+| subterm4         = 2014–2019
+| suboffice4       = {{hlist|Animal Welfare|[[Brussels Periphery]]|Mobility|Public Works|Tourism}}
+| subterm5         = 2019
+| suboffice5       = {{hlist|Animal Welfare|[[Brussels Periphery]]|Immovable Heritage|Foreign Policy|Mobility|Public Works|Tourism}}
+| subterm6         = 2019–
+| suboffice6       = {{hlist|Animal Welfare|[[Brussels Periphery]]|Education|Sport}}
 |birth_date   = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|11|12}}
-|birth_place  = [[Leuven]], Belgium
+|birth_place  = [[Leuven]], [[Belgium]]
+|alma_mater   = [[Ghent University]]
-|nationality  = Belgian
+|children     = 2
+|nationality  =
 |party        = [[New Flemish Alliance]]
-|residence    = [[Beersel|Beersel (Huizingen)]]
+|residence    = [[Beersel]], Belgium
-|website      = [http://www.n-va.be/cv/ben-weyts http://www.n-va.be/cv/ben-weyts]
+|website      = [https://www.benweyts.be/ Ben Weyts]
+|footnotes    = {{notelist}}
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+'''Ben Weyts''' (born 12 November 1970) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] politician of the [[New Flemish Alliance]] (N-VA). He has been a [[Minister-President of Flanders|Vice Minister-President of Flanders]] in the [[Jambon Government]] since 2019, and serves as the [[Flanders|Flemish]] minister for Animal Welfare, the [[Brussels Periphery]], Education, and Sport. He previously served in the [[Homans Government|Homans]] and [[Bourgeois Government|Bourgeois]] governments from 2014 to 2019. He was a member of the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] from 2008 to 2014.
-'''Ben Weyts''' (born 12 November 1970) is a Belgian politician, member of the to the [[New Flemish Alliance]].
-He entered the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives]] replacing [[Herman Van Rompuy]] on 31 December 2008 and was reelected in [[2010 Belgian federal election|2010]].<ref>[http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&rightmenu=right_depute&cfm=cvview53.cfm?key=01283&lactivity=52 Chamber of Representatives: cv Ben Weyts (Dutch)]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306132750/http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=%2Fdepute&language=nl&rightmenu=right_depute&cfm=cvview53.cfm%3Fkey%3D01283&lactivity=52 |date=March 6, 2012  }}</ref>
-In 2011, he became the vice-president of his party, the N-VA. He held this party office until 2014.
-In July 2014, Weyts became Flemish Minister of Mobility and Public Works, [[Brussels Periphery]], Tourism and Animal Welfare in the 2014–2019 [[Bourgeois Government]]. Since 2 October 2019 he is Vice-Minister-President of the Government of Flanders, and Flemish Minister for Education, Sport, the Vlaamse Rand, and Animal Welfare in the [[Jambon Government]].
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