Isabelle Weykmans

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Isabelle Weykmans (born December 3, 1979 in Eupen ) is a Belgian politician of the Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF). She has been Minister in the Government of the German-speaking Community since 2004 and is currently responsible for the areas of culture, employment and tourism.

Life

After graduating from high school, Isabelle Weykmans studied political science at the University of Namur (formerly FUNDP) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) until 2002 . She then took a master's degree with a focus on international relations at the European Institutes in Berlin and Nice , which she completed in 2002 and 2003.

Then Isabelle Weykmans became advisor to the Senator of the German-speaking Community Berni Collas (PFF) in Brussels. Isabelle Weykmans was already politically active in the JFF (Youth for Freedom and Progress), the youth movement of the PFF, from 2000 onwards. In 2003 she became the movement's vice-president. On June 13, 2004 Isabelle Weykmans ran for the first time on the PFF European list as a substitute candidate in third place.

During the negotiations to form a government with the Socialists ( SP ) and the regional party PJU-PDB (today ProDG ), the PFF was awarded two out of four ministerial posts. One of these ministerial posts should be occupied by a woman. From July 2004, Isabelle Weykmans was the first woman to hold a ministerial office in the DG's government, led by Karl-Heinz Lambertz (SP), and thus became Europe's youngest minister. There she took over the areas of culture, media, monument protection, youth and sport.

Weykmans successfully asserted her place in the government and coalition participation of the PFF in the subsequent elections in 2009 and 2014 . Since June 30, 2014 she has been Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Culture, Employment and Tourism in the government under Prime Minister Oliver Paasch (ProDG).

At the local level, Isabelle Weykmans was a member of the Eupen City Council from 2006 to 2009.

Overview of political offices

  • 2004 - 2009: Minister of the German-speaking Community for Culture and Media, Monument Protection, Youth and Sport
  • 2006 - 2009: Member of the Eupen City Council
  • 2009 - today : Member of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community
  • 2009 - 2014: Minister of the German-speaking Community for Culture, Media and Tourism
  • 2014 - today : Vice Prime Minister, Minister of the German-speaking Community for Culture, Employment and Tourism

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aachener Zeitung : Isabelle Weykmans: With a child in a big position (March 8, 2014).
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personal data
SURNAME Weykmans, Isabelle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Eupen