Vincent Paul Marie Van Quickenborne (born 1 August 1973 in Ghent, Belgium) is a Belgian politician, as a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats party.
He has been Senator from 1999 to 2003, a Secretary of State (2003–2008), Minister (2008–2011) responsible for the simplification of the administration and Deputy Prime Minister and Pensions Minister (2011-2012). On 17 October 2012 Vincent Van Quickenborne resigned as minister to become mayor of Kortrijk for the term starting in January 2013.
He is also member of the Municipal council of Kortrijk, where he lives nowadays.
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