Maggie De Block
Maggie De Block | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health and Social Affairs | |
| In office 11 October 2014 – 1 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès |
| Preceded by | Laurette Onkelinx |
| Succeeded by | Frank Vandenbroucke |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 25 July 2014 – 11 October 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Elio Di Rupo |
| Preceded by | Annemie Turtelboom |
| Succeeded by | Koen Geens |
| State Secretary of Asylum, Migration, Social Integration, and Poverty Reduction | |
| In office 6 December 2011 – 11 October 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Elio Di Rupo |
| Preceded by | Melchior Wathelet (Asylum and Migration) Philippe Courard (Social Integration and Poverty Reduction) |
| Succeeded by | Theo Francken (Asylum, Migration, and Reduction of Administrative Burden) Elke Sleurs (Poverty Reduction, Fraud Combat, and Science Policy) |
| Minister of Asylum and Migration | |
| In office 9 December 2018 – 1 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès |
| Preceded by | Theo Francken (As State Secretary of Asylum, Migration, and Reduction of Administrative Burden) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1962 Merchtem, Belgium |
| Political party | Open VLD (2007–present) VLD (1999–2007) |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
Maggie Celine Louise De Block (Flemish: [ˈmɛɣi seːˈlin(ə) luˈʋizə də ˈblɔk]; born 28 April 1962) is a Belgian politician of the Open VLD who has been chairing her party's group in the Chamber of Representatives since 2020.
De Block served as Minister of Social Affairs and Health in the governments of Prime Ministers Charles Michel and Sophie Wilmès from 2014 until 2020. Following a reshuffle on 9 December 2018 to prevent the government's collapse, she additionally resumed responsibility for Asylum and Migration.