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Laurette Onkelinx
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Minister of Social Affairs and Health | |
In office 21 December 2007 – 11 October 2014 |
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Prime Minister | Guy Verhofstadt Yves Leterme Herman Van Rompuy Yves Leterme Elio Di Rupo |
Preceded by | Rudy Demotte |
Succeeded by | Maggie De Block |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 11 July 2003 – 21 December 2007 |
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Prime Minister | Guy Verhofstadt |
Preceded by | Marc Verwilghen |
Succeeded by | Jo Vandeurzen |
Minister of Labour and Transport | |
In office 5 May 2003 – 11 July 2003 |
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Prime Minister | Guy Verhofstadt |
Preceded by | Herself (Labour) Isabelle Durant (Transport) |
Succeeded by | Peter Vanvelthoven (Labour) Renaat Landuyt (Transport) |
Minister of Labour | |
In office 13 July 1999 – 5 May 2003 |
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Prime Minister | Guy Verhofstadt |
Preceded by | Miet Smet |
Succeeded by | Herself (Labour and Transport) |
Minister-President of the French Community | |
In office 6 May 1993 – 13 July 1999 |
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Preceded by | Bernard Anselme |
Succeeded by | Hervé Hasquin |
Minister of Social Integration, Public Health and Environment | |
In office 7 March 1992 – 6 May 1993 |
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Prime Minister | Jean-Luc Dehaene |
Preceded by | Philippe Busquin |
Succeeded by | Jacques Santkin |
Personal details | |
Born | Ougrée, Belgium |
2 October 1958
Political party | Socialist Party |
Spouses | Abbès Guenned (Divorced) Marc Uyttendaele |
Education | University of Liège |
Laurette A. J. Onkelinx (born 2 October 1958) is a Belgian politician from the Francophone Socialist Party. She was the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health in the Belgian federal government, i.e., the Di Rupo Government, which took office on 6 December 2011.
Biography
Born in Ougrée to Gaston Onkelinx and Germaine Ali Bakir, of Kabyle origin, she graduated in law at the University of Liège, after which she worked as a lawyer for ten years. At the age of 30 she was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
Her father, Gaston Onkelinx, originally a Dutch-speaking migrant from Flemish Limburg to francophone Wallonia, has long been mayor of Seraing (near Liège) and member of the House of Representatives (1974–1987). Her grandfather, Maurice Onkelinx, was alderman and mayor of Jeuk in Limburg and lost his civil rights for some years after the Second World War. Her older brother, Alain Onkelinx, has been a member of the Regional Parliament of Wallonia since September 2005. She speaks French and Dutch.
Political career
First elected to the Belgian House of Representatives in 1988, she held several ministerial posts without any interruption from 1992 until 2014:
- Minister of Social Integration, Public Health and Environment (1992–1993)
- Minister-President and Minister of the Civil Service, Child Healthcare and Promotion of Health in the French Community (1993–1995)
- Minister-President and Minister of Education, Media, Youth, Child Healthcare and Promotion of Health in the French Community (1995–1999)
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour (1999–2003)
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Transport (2003)
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice (July 2003 – December 2007)
- Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health (December 2007 – October 2014)