Luc Van den Bossche (born 16 September 1947, in Aalst) is a

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politician and father of

Freya Van den Bossche Freya Van den Bossche (born 26 March 1975) is a Belgium, Belgian (Flanders, Flemish) politician and daughter of prominent former Belgian politician Luc Van den Bossche. She is member of the Socialist Party - Different, SP.a political party, and s ...

. He graduated as a Doctor in law at the

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in 1970. Luc Van den Bossche was a

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for a number of years and cabinet member in several federal and regional governments in Belgium. Currently he is chairman of the Brussels International Airport Company (BIAC) and of the ''Associatie UGent'', as well as board member in several companies. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the

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