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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Aelvoet was born on 4 April 1944 in [[Steenokkerzeel]]. Her parents were William Aelvoet and Julia Endriatis. She studied [[German studies|German philology]], political and social science at [[KU Leuven]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofwomenin0000unse_h0k7 |title=Who's who of women in world politics |date=1991 |publisher=Bowker-Saur |isbn=0-86291-627-5 |editor-last=Dolling |editor-first=Yolanda |edition=1st |location=London |pages=4 |oclc=24380132}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Mertens |first=Bart |date=21 October 2019 |title=Magda Aelvoet (75) verlaat Leuvense gemeenteraad: “Jong talent kansen geven” |language=nl |work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]] |url=https://www.hln.be/leuven/magda-aelvoet-75-verlaat-leuvense-gemeenteraad-jong-talent-kansen-geven~a3a0d126/ |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> She married Henrard Raymond, a staff member of the VVI, in 1969 and the couple had three children.<ref name=":0" />
Aelvoet was born on 4 April 1944 in [[Steenokkerzeel]]. Her parents were William Aelvoet and Julia Endriatis. She studied [[German studies|German philology]], political and social science at [[KU Leuven]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofwomenin0000unse_h0k7 |title=Who's who of women in world politics |date=1991 |publisher=Bowker-Saur |isbn=0-86291-627-5 |editor-last=Dolling |editor-first=Yolanda |edition=1st |location=London |pages=4 |oclc=24380132}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Mertens |first=Bart |date=21 October 2019 |title=Magda Aelvoet (75) verlaat Leuvense gemeenteraad: "Jong talent kansen geven" |language=nl |work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]] |url=https://www.hln.be/leuven/magda-aelvoet-75-verlaat-leuvense-gemeenteraad-jong-talent-kansen-geven~a3a0d126/ |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> She married Henrard Raymond, a staff member of the VVI, in 1969 and the couple had three children.<ref name=":0" />


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
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Aelvoet was appointed as deputy prime minister and the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Public Health and the Environment in the [[Verhofstadt I Government|Verhofstadt I government]], a position that she held beginning on 12 July 1999.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=27 August 2002 |title=Magda Aelvoet stapt op |language=nl |trans-title=Magda Aelvoet steps down |work=[[De Standaard]] |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dma27082002_001 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=16 July 2012 |title=Magda Aelvoet opnieuw kandidaat bij verkiezingen |language=nl |trans-title=Magda Aelvoet again candidate in elections |work=[[De Standaard]] |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20120716_085 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> She helped to found the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain in this role.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magda Aelvoet nieuwe voorzitter Federale Raad voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling |url=https://news.belgium.be/nl/magda-aelvoet-nieuwe-voorzitter-federale-raad-voor-duurzame-ontwikkeling |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=news.belgium.be |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lungescu |first=Oana |date=12 July 1999 |title=Belgium's 'rainbow' coalition sworn in |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/392004.stm |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> She resigned effective 27 August 2002 due to her opposition of a Belgian arms delivery to Nepal.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> She was succeeded as minister by fellow party member [[Jef Tavernier]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 August 2002 |title=Jef Tavernier voorgedragen om Magda Aelvoet op te volgen |language=nl |trans-title=Jef Tavernier nominated to succeed Magda Aelvoet |work=[[De Morgen]] |url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/jef-tavernier-voorgedragen-om-magda-aelvoet-op-te-volgen~b9d235a6/? |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=27 August 2002 |title=Belgium arms sale row deepens |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2220116.stm |accessdate=26 October 2011}}</ref> In 1995 she was made a [[Minister of state#Netherlands and Belgium|Minister of State]] for her part in the negotiations of the [[State reform in Belgium|Saint Michael's Accords]].<ref name=":1" />
Aelvoet was appointed as deputy prime minister and the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Public Health and the Environment in the [[Verhofstadt I Government|Verhofstadt I government]], a position that she held beginning on 12 July 1999.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=27 August 2002 |title=Magda Aelvoet stapt op |language=nl |trans-title=Magda Aelvoet steps down |work=[[De Standaard]] |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dma27082002_001 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=16 July 2012 |title=Magda Aelvoet opnieuw kandidaat bij verkiezingen |language=nl |trans-title=Magda Aelvoet again candidate in elections |work=[[De Standaard]] |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20120716_085 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> She helped to found the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain in this role.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magda Aelvoet nieuwe voorzitter Federale Raad voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling |url=https://news.belgium.be/nl/magda-aelvoet-nieuwe-voorzitter-federale-raad-voor-duurzame-ontwikkeling |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=news.belgium.be |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lungescu |first=Oana |date=12 July 1999 |title=Belgium's 'rainbow' coalition sworn in |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/392004.stm |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> She resigned effective 27 August 2002 due to her opposition of a Belgian arms delivery to Nepal.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> She was succeeded as minister by fellow party member [[Jef Tavernier]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 August 2002 |title=Jef Tavernier voorgedragen om Magda Aelvoet op te volgen |language=nl |trans-title=Jef Tavernier nominated to succeed Magda Aelvoet |work=[[De Morgen]] |url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/jef-tavernier-voorgedragen-om-magda-aelvoet-op-te-volgen~b9d235a6/? |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=27 August 2002 |title=Belgium arms sale row deepens |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2220116.stm |accessdate=26 October 2011}}</ref> In 1995 she was made a [[Minister of state#Netherlands and Belgium|Minister of State]] for her part in the negotiations of the [[State reform in Belgium|Saint Michael's Accords]].<ref name=":1" />


Aelvoet pushed Leuven's Green! list in the 2006 municipal elections,<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 April 2006 |title=Magda Aelvoet duwt Groen!-lijst Leuven |language=nl |trans-title=Magda Aelvoet pushes Green! list in Leuven |work=[[De Standaard]] |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20042006_038 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> and became a city council member, but quit this post in September 2008 to focus on her family.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Telen |first=Stef |date=3 July 2008 |title=Magda Aelvoet kiest voor familie |language=nl |trans-title=Magda Aelvoet chooses family |work=[[De Standaard]] |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/df1tpb8u |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> In the 2012 provincial council elections, she was again on the list. She received eighth place on the Green list for the Leuven provincial district,<ref name=":4" /> and was also on the list for the Leuven city council. She was elected for the city, although she and [[Eva Brems]] decided not to accept the seats in order to allow younger party members to take the position.<ref>{{Cite news |last=De Becker |first=Annelies |date=18 October 2012 |title=Eva Brems en Magda Aelvoet zetelen niet in Leuven |language=nl |work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]] |url=https://www.hln.be/binnenland/eva-brems-en-magda-aelvoet-zetelen-niet-in-leuven~a6f2d0b3/ |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Smitz |first=Hannelore |date=2 January 2019 |title=Laatste zitting van Louis Tobback is eerste van zoon Bruno: “Ik wil geen wakende schaduw zijn van mijn vader” |language=nl |work=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20190102_04074114 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref>
Aelvoet pushed Leuven's Green! list in the 2006 municipal elections,<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 April 2006 |title=Magda Aelvoet duwt Groen!-lijst Leuven |language=nl |trans-title=Magda Aelvoet pushes Green! list in Leuven |work=[[De Standaard]] |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20042006_038 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> and became a city council member, but quit this post in September 2008 to focus on her family.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Telen |first=Stef |date=3 July 2008 |title=Magda Aelvoet kiest voor familie |language=nl |trans-title=Magda Aelvoet chooses family |work=[[De Standaard]] |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/df1tpb8u |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> In the 2012 provincial council elections, she was again on the list. She received eighth place on the Green list for the Leuven provincial district,<ref name=":4" /> and was also on the list for the Leuven city council. She was elected for the city, although she and [[Eva Brems]] decided not to accept the seats in order to allow younger party members to take the position.<ref>{{Cite news |last=De Becker |first=Annelies |date=18 October 2012 |title=Eva Brems en Magda Aelvoet zetelen niet in Leuven |language=nl |work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]] |url=https://www.hln.be/binnenland/eva-brems-en-magda-aelvoet-zetelen-niet-in-leuven~a6f2d0b3/ |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Smitz |first=Hannelore |date=2 January 2019 |title=Laatste zitting van Louis Tobback is eerste van zoon Bruno: "Ik wil geen wakende schaduw zijn van mijn vader" |language=nl |work=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20190102_04074114 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref>


In 2013, Aelvoet was appointed by the [[Di Rupo Government|Di Rupo government]] to chair the Federal Council for Sustainable Development, succeeding [[Philippe Maystadt]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 October 2013 |title=Aelvoet volgt Maystadt op als voorzitter Federale Raad Duurzame Ontwikkeling |language=nl |work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]] |url=https://www.hln.be/binnenland/aelvoet-volgt-maystadt-op-als-voorzitter-federale-raad-duurzame-ontwikkeling~af047a08/ |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> In the 2018 municipal elections, Aelvoet was elected again to the Leuven municipal council, taking office in January 2019.<ref name=":5" /> She remained a municipal councilor until October 2019, when she resigned, in her own words, to make way for young political talent.<ref name=":1" />
In 2013, Aelvoet was appointed by the [[Di Rupo Government|Di Rupo government]] to chair the Federal Council for Sustainable Development, succeeding [[Philippe Maystadt]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 October 2013 |title=Aelvoet volgt Maystadt op als voorzitter Federale Raad Duurzame Ontwikkeling |language=nl |work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]] |url=https://www.hln.be/binnenland/aelvoet-volgt-maystadt-op-als-voorzitter-federale-raad-duurzame-ontwikkeling~af047a08/ |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> In the 2018 municipal elections, Aelvoet was elected again to the Leuven municipal council, taking office in January 2019.<ref name=":5" /> She remained a municipal councilor until October 2019, when she resigned, in her own words, to make way for young political talent.<ref name=":1" />

Revision as of 23:05, 30 January 2023

Magda Aelvoet
Born
Magdalena Godelieve Hilda Aelvoet

(1944-04-04) 4 April 1944 (age 80)
Steenokkerzeel, Occupied Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupationpolitician

Magdalena Godelieve Hilda Aelvoet (born 4 April 1944) is a Belgian and Flemish politician. She is a former president of the Greens in the European Parliament.

Early life

Aelvoet was born on 4 April 1944 in Steenokkerzeel. Her parents were William Aelvoet and Julia Endriatis. She studied German philology, political and social science at KU Leuven.[1][2] She married Henrard Raymond, a staff member of the VVI, in 1969 and the couple had three children.[1]

Political career

Aelvoet was a member of the Anders Gaan Leven, the Dutch-speaking green political party, and founded the party's chapter in Leuven.[1][2] She was elected as a provincial senator for Antwerp on 28 October 1985, a position that she held until 23 November 1991.[1][3] She was a member of the Senate committees on aid to developing countries, foreign relations, and institutional reform, and a member without voting rights on the committee on infrastructure.[1]

She was a Member of Parliament in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the district of Leuven between 24 November 1991 and 18 July 1994. She was a member of the Flemish Council between 7 January 1992 and 18 July 1994 and a member of the Flemish Parliament between 13 June 1999 and 11 July 1999.[3][4] Aelvoet was a member of the European Parliament from 19 July 1994 to 19 July 1999. She was a representative to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union, a delegate to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee and a member of the committee on foreign affairs, security and defence policy. She was vice chair of the Greens from 19 July 1994 to 28 January 1997 and chair from 29 January 1997 to 19 July 1999.[3][5]

Aelvoet was appointed as deputy prime minister and the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Public Health and the Environment in the Verhofstadt I government, a position that she held beginning on 12 July 1999.[6][7] She helped to found the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain in this role.[8][9] She resigned effective 27 August 2002 due to her opposition of a Belgian arms delivery to Nepal.[6][7] She was succeeded as minister by fellow party member Jef Tavernier.[10][11] In 1995 she was made a Minister of State for her part in the negotiations of the Saint Michael's Accords.[2]

Aelvoet pushed Leuven's Green! list in the 2006 municipal elections,[12] and became a city council member, but quit this post in September 2008 to focus on her family.[13] In the 2012 provincial council elections, she was again on the list. She received eighth place on the Green list for the Leuven provincial district,[7] and was also on the list for the Leuven city council. She was elected for the city, although she and Eva Brems decided not to accept the seats in order to allow younger party members to take the position.[14][15]

In 2013, Aelvoet was appointed by the Di Rupo government to chair the Federal Council for Sustainable Development, succeeding Philippe Maystadt.[16] In the 2018 municipal elections, Aelvoet was elected again to the Leuven municipal council, taking office in January 2019.[15] She remained a municipal councilor until October 2019, when she resigned, in her own words, to make way for young political talent.[2]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Dolling, Yolanda, ed. (1991). Who's who of women in world politics (1st ed.). London: Bowker-Saur. p. 4. ISBN 0-86291-627-5. OCLC 24380132.
  2. ^ a b c d Mertens, Bart (21 October 2019). "Magda Aelvoet (75) verlaat Leuvense gemeenteraad: "Jong talent kansen geven"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Magda Aelvoet". Vlaams Parlement (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Magda Aelvoet". Belgian Chamber of Representatives (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Magda G.H. Aelvoet". European Parliament. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Magda Aelvoet stapt op" [Magda Aelvoet steps down]. De Standaard (in Dutch). 27 August 2002. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Magda Aelvoet opnieuw kandidaat bij verkiezingen" [Magda Aelvoet again candidate in elections]. De Standaard (in Dutch). 16 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Magda Aelvoet nieuwe voorzitter Federale Raad voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling". news.belgium.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  9. ^ Lungescu, Oana (12 July 1999). "Belgium's 'rainbow' coalition sworn in". BBC News. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Jef Tavernier voorgedragen om Magda Aelvoet op te volgen" [Jef Tavernier nominated to succeed Magda Aelvoet]. De Morgen (in Dutch). 28 August 2002. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Belgium arms sale row deepens". BBC News. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Magda Aelvoet duwt Groen!-lijst Leuven" [Magda Aelvoet pushes Green! list in Leuven]. De Standaard (in Dutch). 20 April 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  13. ^ Telen, Stef (3 July 2008). "Magda Aelvoet kiest voor familie" [Magda Aelvoet chooses family]. De Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  14. ^ De Becker, Annelies (18 October 2012). "Eva Brems en Magda Aelvoet zetelen niet in Leuven". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  15. ^ a b Smitz, Hannelore (2 January 2019). "Laatste zitting van Louis Tobback is eerste van zoon Bruno: "Ik wil geen wakende schaduw zijn van mijn vader"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Aelvoet volgt Maystadt op als voorzitter Federale Raad Duurzame Ontwikkeling". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 4 October 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Royal decree of 11 may 2003".
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