Bruno Tuybens (born 10 November 1961) is a Belgian politician and member of the

sp.a Vooruit (Dutch for Forward, ) is a Flemish social democratic political party in Belgium. The party was known as the Flemish Socialist Party (1978–2001: ''Socialistische Partij'', SP; 2001–2021: ''Socialistische Partij Anders'', SP.A) until 2 ...

"Compensation in offing for delayed commuters"
''Expatica''. Retrieved 2015-09-06. From 2002 until he became a secretary of state in 2005, Tuybens served as head of the sustainable and ethical investment division of the

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. In October 2005 Tuybens joined the

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as Secretary of state for Public Enterprises, attached to the Minister of Budget, serving until December 2007 when Verhofstadt III took power. Between 1999 and 2003 Tuybens served as chairman of the

Flemish Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...

division of Amnesty International. In August 2005 Tuybens was elected to the International Executive Committee of the organization. In the 2006 Belgian municipal elections he led his cartel SAMBA to an electoral victory in his home town

Zwalm Zwalm () is a municipality located in Flanders, in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bo ...

. Tuybens served as mayor of Zwalm (2007-2013). In the

2007 Belgian general election Federal elections were held in Belgium on 10 June 2007. Voters went to the polls in order to elect new members for the Chamber of Representatives and Senate. Eligible voters were Belgian citizens 18 years and older. There was a legal elector ...

s Tuybens was elected to the

Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: , french: link=no, Chambre des représentants, german: link=no, Abgeordnetenkammer) is one of the two chambers in the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Senate. It is considered ...

. He was re-elected in 2010. In 2014 after not being given an electable place by his party for the 2014 general election, Tuybens decided not to stand for re-election.

References

External links

Official site
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