Georges Gilkinet

Georges Gilkinet (born 25 January 1971) is a Belgian green politician of Ecolo, and as of 1 October 2020, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility and the National Railway Company in the cabinet of Alexander De Croo.

Georges Gilkinet
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
Assumed office
1 October 2020
Prime MinisterAlexander De Croo
Minister of Mobility and the National Railway Company
Assumed office
1 October 2020
Preceded byFrançois Bellot
Chamber of Representatives
Assumed office
2007
ConstituencyNamur
Personal details
Born (1971-01-25) 25 January 1971
Assesse, Namur, Belgium
Political partyEcolo
Alma materIHECS
Occupationjournalist, politician
WebsiteOfficial site

Biography

George Gilkinet was born on 25 January 1971 in Assesse in the Namur Province of Belgium.[1] He graduated from Institut des hautes études des communications sociales in Brussels, and was a sports journalist for Canal C for 15 years.[2]

In 2007, Gilkinet was first elected to the Chamber of Representatives for Ecolo.[1] He specialized in finances, and between 2012 and 2014 was the Chairman of the Finance Commission.[3]

In 2011, the criminal investigation in the Belgian part of the Kazakhgate affair was closed after the suspects agreed to pay a fine of € 522,500 each.[4] In 2017, a parliamentary enquiry which included Gilkinet was launched to investigate whether lobbying and manipulation had taken place. During the investigation, one of the suspects in the case took legal action against Gilkinet, and he was the victim of hacking.[5] The enquiry concluded that the lobbying efforts had no significant effect on the outcome of the case. The opposition and Gilkinet disagreed with the conclusion. According to Gilkinet, the enquiry was a first class burial.[6]

He became Chairman of Ecolo in 2018.[7] On 1 October 2020, Gilkinet became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility and the National Railway Company in the cabinet of Alexander De Croo.[1]

Honours

References
  1. "Overzicht: wie is wie in regering-De Croo?". Knack (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. "D'observateur, il est devenu acteur". Lavenir (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. "Georges Gilkinet". Ecolo (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. "Kazakhgate : Chodiev n'a payé que 522.500 euros pour sa transaction". Le Vif (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. "Gilkinet visé par le piratage informatique d'Ecolo: "des représailles à l'enquête sur le Kazakhgate"". RTBF (in French). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. "Meerderheid en oppositie staan tegenover elkaar in de parlementaire onderzoekscommissie Kazachgate". VRT (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. "Georges Gilkinet remplace Jean-Marc Nollet comme chef de groupe Ecolo à la Chambre". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. "Moniteur Belge - Belgisch Staatsblad". Federal Government of Belgium (in Dutch). 27 August 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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