Anneleen Van Bossuyt

Anneleen Van Bossuyt (born 10 January 1980) is a Flemish politician who has been serving as the Minister of Asylum, Migration, Integration and Urban policy in the De Wever government since February 2025. She previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from January 2015 to July 2019 for the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), part of the European Conservatives and Reformists group. She succeeded Louis Ide. Since 2019, she has served as an MP in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.

Biography Van Bossuyt grew up in Ghent. She obtained a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Ghent in 2003 and then completed her studies with a master's in European law at the University of Rennes in 2004. After her studies in France, she returned to the University of Ghent as a lecturer in law before working for the N-VA's parliamentary faction as an advisor on legal policy.

She was a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), of which she was the chair from June 2017 to the end of the term. She also was a member of the delegation for relations with the United States.

Van Bossuyt was N-VA's main candidate in the Ghent municipal elections of October 2018 and is since a member of the Ghent City Council. She was also N-VA's main candidate in the federal elections of 2019 where she ran on the list for East Flanders, and since holds a seat in the Chamber of Representatives.