Anneleen Van Bossuyt (born 10 January 1980 in

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded i ...

) was a Belgian

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(MEP) from January 2015 to July 2019 for the

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(N-VA), part of the European Conservatives and Reformists group. She succeeded

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. She was a member of the

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(IMCO), of which she was the chair from June 2017 to the end of the term. She also was a member of the delegation for relations with the United States. Van Bossuyt was N-VA's main candidate in the Ghent municipal elections of October 2018 and is since a member of the Ghent City Council. She was also N-VA's main candidate in the federal elections of 2019 where she ran on the list for

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, and since holds a seat in the Chamber of Representatives.

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1980 births Living people Politicians from Ghent New Flemish Alliance MEPs MEPs for Belgium 2014–2019 {{Flanders-politician-stub