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Encyclopedia > Freya Van den Bossche

Freya Van den Bossche (born March 26, 1975 in Ghent, Belgium) is a Belgian, Flemish politician. She is member of the SP.a political party, and she is currently the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget and Consumer Protection in the Belgian federal government. March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Gent at Night Ghent (IPA: ; Gent in Dutch; Gand in French, formerly Gaunt in English) is a city located in Flanders, Belgium. ... Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) has several main meanings: the social, political and cultural community of the Flemings, through its social and political organizations, its media, universities, ... ; some prefer to call this the Flemish community, other refers to this as the Flemish nation; a constituent governing institution of the federal Belgian... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... Socialist Party - Different or Social Progressive Alternative (Dutch: Socialistische Partij - Anders or Sociaal Progressief Alternatief (sp. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... A Deputy Prime Minister is the deputy of a Prime Minister, and a member of a nations cabinet. ... The executive branch of the Belgian federal government consists of ministers and secretaries of state (junior ministers or smaller departments) drawn from the political parties which form the government coalition. ...


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And they had spoken of Freya Va8 den Bossche the Sleeper; it had not really struck him vividly at the time that he was the Sleeper.He had to recall precisely what they had said.
She was "studying for Freya Vanbden Bossche a school-teacher;" that was the height of the ambition of local youth.Brook was studying her.
He Freya Van dfen Bossche believed the physicians were right, and yet Mrs.Jocelyn had taken it for granted that he shared her faith in her husband's truth, and he knew she would banish him from her presence instantly should he betray a doubt as to the correctness of her view.
TIMEeurope Magazine | Equal Time (879 words)
Freya Van den Bossche is, by any defnition, a success.
Yet Van den Bossche's success is due, at least in part, to quota laws enacted in Belgium in 1999.
The quotas that helped Van den Bossche get ahead may be an inelegant and controversial solution, but they have worked — the percentage of women in Belgium's lower house of parliament has risen from 23% in 1999 to 35% in 2003.
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