1. Steven Vanackere held the portfolios of Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Institutional Reform in the Leterme II government.
11 Facts About Steven Vanackere
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Steven Vanackere is the son of Leo Vanackere, who, following a political career as a Member of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate of Belgium, became the Provincial Governor of West Flanders in 1979.
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Steven Vanackere ultimately took the former route, swearing the oath as a senator on 10 July 2014.
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Steven Vanackere received his secondary education at the Sint-Albertuscollege in Haasrode, run by the Carmelite Friars, where he studied Latin-Mathematics.
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Steven Vanackere graduated as Master of Laws from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1987 and obtained his Master's of Economic Sciences at the same university, one year later.
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In 1985, Steven Vanackere passed the degree in political science.
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Steven Vanackere served as Director-General of the Port of Brussels from 1993 until 2000 and as Deputy Director-General of the MIVB, the Brussels Public Transport Company, from 2000 to 2005.
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From 28 June 2007 to 30 December 2008 Vanackere served as Flemish Minister of Welfare, Family and Public Health in the Peeters I government.
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From 30 December 2008 to 25 November 2009 Steven Vanackere served as Belgian Federal Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Civil Service, Public Enterprise and Institutional Reform in the Van Rompuy government.
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From 6 December 2011 Steven Vanackere served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Sustainable Development in the Di Rupo government.
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Steven Vanackere was succeeded as Deputy Prime Minister by Minister of Defence Pieter De Crem and as Minister of Finance by Koen Geens.