Jo Vandeurzen

Jo Vandeurzen
Jo Vandeurzen Photo credit: Kristof persoons
Flemish Minister
Personal details
Born	Johan Maria Gerardus Vandeurzen 2 June 1958 (1958-06-02) Heusden, Belgium
Nationality	Belgium
Occupation	politician

Johan Maria Gerardus "Jo" Vandeurzen (Heusden, 2 June 1958) is a Belgian politician, member of Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V), a centrist Flemish Christian Democratic party. He was the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Justice and Institutional Reforms in the Leterme I Government (the Belgian federal government), which took office on 20 March 2008. On 19 December 2008 he resigned after a crisis.

After the 2009 Flemish regional election, CD&V was the largest party and he received 69,223 preference votes. When the 2009-2014 Peeters II Government took office, he became the Flemish Minister for Welfare, Public Health and Family.

He is a Master of Laws from the Catholic University of Leuven. He works at Geyskens-Vandeurzen in Beringen.

Political career

• chairman of CVP’s division Genk (1983 - 1989)
• member of the OCMW council in Genk (1989 - 1998)
• chairman of the OCMW in Genk (1989 – 1993)
• member of the national CVP’s bureau (1989 – 1992)
• Belgian representative (1993 - )
• member of the city council in Genk (1995 - )
• leader of the CVP in the municipal council of Genk (1995 – 1998)
• secretary-general of CD&V (2001 - 2004)
• temporary chairman of CD&V (2004)
• chairman of CD&V (29 October 2004 - 21 December 2007)
• Belgian Minister of Justice since 21 December 2007 - 22 December 2008)
• Flemish Minister of Welfare, Public Health and Family (13 July 2009 - present)