Vincent Van Peteghem

Vincent Van Peteghem (28 October 1980) is a Belgian economist and politician of CD&V who has been serving as a Deputy Prime Minister and as the Minister of Budget in the De Wever Government since february 2025. He previously served as the Minister of Finance in the De Croo government from 1 October 2020 to 3 February 2025.^[1] He was a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium from 2014 until 2020.

Vincent Van Peteghem
Van Peteghem in 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2020
Prime Minister	Alexander De Croo Bart De Wever
Minister of Budget and Administrative Simplification
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 February 2025
Prime Minister	Bart De Wever
Preceded by	Alexia Bertrand (as Minister of Budget) Mathieu Michel (as Secretary of State for Administrative Simplification)
Minister of Finance
In office 1 October 2020 – 3 February 2025
Prime Minister	Alexander De Croo
Preceded by	Alexander De Croo
Succeeded by	Jan Jambon
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office 10 July 2024 – 3 February 2025
Constituency	East Flanders
In office 25 May 2014 – 26 May 2019
Constituency	East Flanders
Mayor of De Pinte
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2019
Preceded by	Hilde Claeys
Personal details
Born	(1980-10-28) 28 October 1980 (age 44) Ghent, Belgium
Political party	CD&V
Alma mater	Ghent University
Occupation	Professor • Politician
Website	Official website

Early life and career

Vincent Van Peteghem was born on 28 October 1980 in Ghent.^[2] He was a management professor at the EDHEC Business School in Lille, France.^[3]

Political career

In the 2014 elections, Peteghem was first elected to the Chamber of Representatives for CD&V,^[3] and served until 2019.^[2] On 1 January 2019 he became mayor of De Pinte.^[4] In 2019, he was a candidate as Chairman of the CD&V, but finished in fourth place.^[5]

On 1 October 2020, Peteghem became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Alexander De Croo.^[6]

In 2023, as chair of the European Investment Bank's Board of Governors, Peteghem was in charge of leading the process of selecting a new president for the organization.^[7]

In the 2024 Belgian federal election, he was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.

Other activities

European Union organizations

• European Investment Bank (EIB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019)^[8]
• European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020)^[9]

International organizations

• African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020)^[10]
• Asian Development Bank (ADB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020)^[11]
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020)^[12]
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020)^[13]
• Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020)^[14]
• International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020)^[15]
• World Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020)^[16]