Meryame Kitir
{{short description|Belgian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Meryame Kitir
| image = Meryame Kitir.jpg
| caption = Kitir in 2019
| office1 = Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy
| monarch1 = Philippe
| primeminister1 = Alexander De Croo
| term_start1 = 1 October 2020
| term_end1 = 17 December 2022
| predecessor1 = Alexander De Croo
| successor1 = Caroline Gennez
| office2 = Leader of Forward in the Chamber of Representatives
| term_start2 = 1 October 2015
| term_end2 = 1 October 2020
| predecessor2 = Karin Temmerman
| successor2 = Melissa Depraetere
| office3 = Member of the Chamber of Representatives from Limburg
| term_start3 = 28 June 2007
| term_end3 = 1 October 2020
| successor3 = Bert Moyaers
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|04|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Maasmechelen, Belgium
| death_date =
| death_place =
| residence = Genk, Belgium
| party = Forward
| education = Saint Barbara Institute
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| website = [https://www.s-p-a.be/mandataris/meryamekitir/info/ Party website]
}}
Meryame Kitir (born 20 April 1980) is a Belgian politician of the Forward party who served as the Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy in the De Croo Government from October 2020 until December 2022, although the last two months she was out on sick leave. She has also been serving on the Genk municipal council since 2019, and previously sat on the Maasmechelen municipal council from 2006 to 2016.
Political career
Kitir has been a member of the Chamber of Representatives since June 2007. In 2015, she became leader of her party's parliamentary group.{{Cite web|url=https://www.s-p-a.be/mandataris/meryamekitir/|title=sp.a {{!}} Meryame Kitir Lid parlement|website=sp.a sociaal netwerk|language=nl|access-date=2017-06-24}} She is known for her fiery manner in addressing issues, commonly having to do with the specific problems faced by the vast labour force of the Limburg province she represents.{{Cite news|url=http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/videozone/archief/programmas/Villa+Politica/2.24937/2.24939/1.1466188|title=Meryame Kitir houdt emotioneel betoog|work=deredactie.be|access-date=2017-06-24|language=nl}}{{Cite news|url=https://nieuws.vtm.be/politiek/181996-kitir-laat-michel-de-spiegel-kijken|title=Kitir laat Michel in de spiegel kijken|work=VTM NIEUWS|access-date=2017-06-24|language=nl}}
Other activities
- African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2020–2022)[https://www.afdb.org/en/documents/annual-report-2020 2020 Annual Report] African Development Bank (AfDB).
- Asian Development Bank (ADB), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (2020–2022)[https://www.adb.org/about/board-governors Board of Governors] Asian Development Bank (ADB).
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (2020–2022)[https://www.iadb.org/en/about-us/board-governors Board of Governors] Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (2020–2022)[http://www.ebrd.com/shareholders-and-board-of-governors.html Board of Governors] European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
- World Bank, Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (2020–2022)[https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/45fc8267f59fdf50a364f6538c2817e7-0330032021/original/BankGovernors.pdf Board of Governors] World Bank.
References
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Category:21st-century Belgian women politicians
Category:Government ministers of Belgium
Category:Members of the 52nd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Category:Members of the 53rd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Category:Members of the 54th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Category:Members of the 55th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Category:People from Maasmechelen
Category:Vooruit (political party) politicians
Category:Women government ministers of Belgium
Category:Women members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)