Melissa Depraetere | |
Office: | Leader of Vooruit |
Term Start: | 17 November 2023 |
Predecessor: | Conner Rousseau |
Office1: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium |
Term Start1: | 20 June 2019 |
Constituency1: | West Flanders |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1992 |
Birth Place: | Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium |
Party: | Vooruit |
Melissa Depraetere (born 12 May 1992 in Kortrijk)[1] is a Belgian politician and interim leader of Vooruit. She has been a member of the Chamber of Representatives for West Flanders since 2019.
Before being elected, she was a parliamentary assistant to,[2] and a OCMW councillor in Harelbeke.[3] Depraetere was also active in Chiro Flanders, a Belgian youth organisation.
In November 2018, it was announced that Depraetere would be in second place on the sp.a list for the 2019 election, behind then-party leader John Crombez.[4] She won 12,601 votes and gained a seat in the Chamber of Representatives.[5]
She is a member of the Committee for the Economy, Consumer Protection and the Digital Agenda, the COVID-19 Committee, and the Committee for Electoral Expenses.