Alexander De Croo

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Alexander De Croo at the Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg (2017)

Alexander De Croo (born November 3, 1975 in Vilvoorde ) is a Belgian entrepreneur and politician of the Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democrats (Open VLD). He has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Development Aid since December 2018, currently in the federal government of Wilmès . From 2009 to 2012 he was chairman of the Open VLD.

Life

Alexander De Croo is the son of the politician Herman De Croo (Open VLD). He studied at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) until 1998 and then at the Northwestern University in Illinois .

On December 12, 2009, he was elected in the second voting round to succeed Guy Verhofstadt at the head of the Open VLD. He had not previously held a political mandate.

Initially, Alexander De Croo was elected to the Senate in 2010. On October 18, 2012, he moved to the federal government and became Deputy Prime Minister and Pension Minister in the government under Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo ( PS ). There he replaced his predecessor Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open VLD), who in turn had accepted the mayor's office in Kortrijk .

After the federal elections on May 25, 2014, in which he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies , De Croo was given responsibility for development cooperation in the government under Prime Minister Charles Michel ( MR ). He also remained Vice Prime Minister.

De Croo is married and has two sons.

Overview of political offices

  • 2010 - 2014: Senator (partially prevented)
  • 2012-2014: Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister of Pensions in the Di Rupo government
  • 2014 - today : Member of the federal Chamber of Deputies (partially prevented)
  • 2014 - 2018: Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister for Development Cooperation, the Digital Agenda, Telecommunications and Postal Services in the Michel I government
  • 2018 - 2019: Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister of Finance and Development Aid in the Michel II government , responsible for combating tax fraud
  • 2018 - present : Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister for Finance and Development Aid in the interim government and in the regular Wilmès government , responsible for combating tax fraud

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Standaard.be: Open VLD kiest met Alexander De Croo voor avontuur (December 12, 2009) (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME De Croo, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION liberal Flemish politician and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd November 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Vilvoorde