Zuhal Demir

Zuhal Demir comes from a mining family in Limburg. 

A lawyer specialising in labour law, she was elected Member of the Chamber of Representatives on the Antwerp N-VA list in 2010. While in the Federal Parliament, she devoted herself to themes such as work and social affairs. In 2016, she moved back to her familiar surroundings in Genk.  

In 2017, she was appointed the Federal Secretary of State for Poverty Reduction, Equal Opportunities, Persons with Disabilities, Major Cities Policy, and Science Policy in the Michel Government. That coalition fell in December 2018. She was elected to the Flemish Parliament in 2019, after which she took office in the Jambon Government as Minister for Energy, Environment, Justice and Tourism. She was re-elected to the Flemish Parliament on 9 June 2024.