Jan Jambon

Jan Jambon
Jambon in 2018
Member of the Flemish Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2024
Succeeded byMatthias Diependaele
Minister-President of Flanders
In office
2 October 2019 – 30 September 2024
Deputy
Serving concurrently
Preceded byLiesbeth Homans
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
Minister of the Interior
In office
11 October 2014 – 9 December 2018
Prime MinisterCharles Michel
Preceded byMelchior Wathelet Jr.
Succeeded byPieter De Crem
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
28 June 2007 – 11 October 2014
ConstituencyAntwerp
Personal details
Born (1960-04-26) 26 April 1960 (age 64)
Genk, Belgium
Political partyNew Flemish Alliance
Children4
Residence(s)Brasschaat, Belgium
Alma materVrije Universiteit Brussel
University of Antwerp (MBA)
WebsiteParty website

Jan Jambon (born 26 April 1960) is a Belgian businessman and politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) who served as Minister-President of Flanders from 2019 to 2024. He replaced Kris Peeters as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2007. The N-VA was, at that time, partnered with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish party.[1] In June 2010 and May 2014 he was re-elected on an N-VA list.[2]

He became mayor of Brasschaat in 2013 after his party won the local elections in 2012.[3] In November 2014, he was replaced as acting mayor by Koen Verberck (also N-VA), after joining the new Federal Government.[4]

In October 2014 he became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Security, charged with the direction of public buildings, in the Michel Government.[5] Jambon remained in this position until the government fell in December 2018.

In 2019, he became the new Flemish Minister-President of the Jambon government. He is also the mayor of the municipality of Brasschaat. Jambon stepped down as Minister-President with the formation of the Diependaele Government, following the 2024 regional election.

  1. ^ "De Kamerleden". De Kamer BE (in Dutch). 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  2. ^ Torfs, Michael (25 October 2013). "Flemish nationalist Jan Jambon under fire". Flanders News BE. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Nieuwe burgemeester Jan Jambon legt eed af". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 18 December 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Vervanger van Jambon legt eed af als waarnemend burgemeester Brasschaat". Gazet Van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 10 November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Vice-eersteminister en minister van Veiligheid en Binnenlandse Zaken, belast met de Regie der Gebouwen" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

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