Johan Van Overtveldt


Johan Van Overtveldt is a Belgian journalist and politician of the New Flemish Alliance. He served as Minister of Finance of Belgium from 2014 until 2018.

Career

He was the chief editor of Trends from 2010 to 2013 and chief editor of Knack from 2011 to 2012.

Political career

In November 2013 Van Overtveldt switched over to politics, becoming a member of the New Flemish Alliance. As main N-VA candidate for the 2014 European Parliament elections, he was elected as a member of the European Parliament.
Following the formation of the Michel Government in October 2014, Van Overtveldt became Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister Charles Michel; Sander Loones succeeded him as member of the European Parliament.
Since the 2019 European Parliament election, Van Overtveldt has been chairing on the Parliament's Committee on Budgets. In addition, he is a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he is also part of the Parliament's delegations for relations to Canada.

Other activities

European Union organizations