Hilde Vautmans
Hilde Vautmans MEP | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck |
| Constituency | Dutch-speaking electoral college of Belgium |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 May 1972 (age 53) Sint-Truiden, Belgium |
| Political party | Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten |
| Occupation | Politician |
Hilde Vautmans (born 2 May 1972) is a Belgian politician of the Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since January 2015, representing the Dutch-speaking electoral college of Belgium.
Vautmans served as assistant to both senator Valère Vautmans, her uncle, and senator Stef Goris. She subsequently worked in the cabinet of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, and helped him with legalising same-sex marriage in Belgium.
She was elected President of the European Liberal Forum in September 2020.