Sander Loones

Sander Loones (born 26 January 1979 in Veurne^{[citation needed]}) is a Belgian politician.

Sander Loones
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation	Politician
Years active	2014–present
Website	https://www.sanderloones.be

Career

From 2014 to 2018, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) - the Belgian delegation to the European Conservatives and Reformists Group.^[1] He was Vice Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs from 8 January 2015.^[2] He was the Belgian Minister of Defence from 12 November 2018 to 8 December 2018.^{[citation needed]} On 12 November 2018, he succeeded Steven Vandeput as Minister of Defence.^[3]