Patricia Ceysens
Patricia Ceysens (5 June 1965), born in Maaseik is the current Flemish minister of Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade. She is a member of the Flemish Liberal party, the VLD.
Since 1995 Ceysens is a member of the city council of Leuven. She briefly served as a member of the provincial council of Flemish Brabant in 1995 until she was elected to the Flemish Parliament in 1995. Re-elected in 1999 and 2004, after a cabinet reshuffle, Ceysens became part of the Flemish government and served as Flemish minister of Economy, Foreign Trade and E-government from June 2003 to July 2004. After the regional elections of 2004, Ceysens became leader of her parliamentary group in the Flemish parliament.
Upon the resignation of Fientje Moerman on 10 October 2007 in the wake of a public procurement scandal, Ceysen again became part of the Flemish government, taking over the competences of Moerman.
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