Paul Van Tigchelt

Paul Van Tigchelt
Paul Van Tigchelt
	Van Tigchelt in 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 October 2023
Prime Minister	Alexander De Croo
Preceded by	Vincent Van Quickenborne
Minister of Justice and the North Sea
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 October 2023
Prime Minister	Alexander De Croo
Preceded by	Vincent Van Quickenborne
Personal details
Born	November 13, 1973 (age 50); Weelde, Antwerp, Belgium
Political party	Open VLD
Children	1
Education	Catholic University of Leuven

Paul Van Tigchelt (born 13 November 1973) is a Belgian politician from Open VLD who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Justice and the North Sea in the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo since 22 October 2023.^[1]

Early life

Van Tigchelt was born on 13 November 1973 in Weelde, Antwerp, Belgium, where his parents owned a bakery. He studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven and started working as a Prosecutor in Antwerp in 1998 before serving as assistant public prosecutor in 2003. Van Tigchelt is married and has a son.^[2]

Career

Van Tigchelt's first experience in national politics was as an advisor and later deputy Chef de Cabinet and spokesperson for (former) Open VLD Minister of the Interior Patrick Dewael from 2003 to 2008. After this, Van Tigchelt returned to practicing law and served as assistant public prosecutor with the Tribunal of first instance in Antwerp from 2010 to 2014. In 2014, Van Tigchelt became assistant Public prosecutor general at the Antwerp public prosecutor's office where he took a strong stance against the drug gangs amongst other. Van Tigchelt served as director of anti terror organization OCAD from January 2016 to October 2020. When the De Croo Government was formed in October 2020, Van Tigchelt returned to national politics, this time as the deputy Chef de Cabinet for Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne. Following Van Quickenborne's resignation on 20 October 2023, Van Tigchelt was appointed on 22 October 2023 by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo as Van Quickenborne's successor.^[3]

References

^ "Wie is Paul Van Tigchelt (50), de nieuwe minister van Justitie?". hln.be. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "Wie is Paul Van Tigchelt?". openvld.be. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "Veel ervaring bij Justitie en ook politiek geen onbekende: wie is Paul Van Tigchelt, de nieuwe minister van Justitie?". vrt.be. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[LLO-1] "Wie is Paul Van Tigchelt (50), de nieuwe minister van Justitie?". hln.be. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[KKI-2] "Wie is Paul Van Tigchelt?". openvld.be. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[GYU-3] "Veel ervaring bij Justitie en ook politiek geen onbekende: wie is Paul Van Tigchelt, de nieuwe minister van Justitie?". vrt.be. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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