Beginning in 2014, this member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats Party took office as Belgian Minister of Social Affairs and Health. Previously, she had served as Minister of Justice and State Secretary of Asylum, Migration, Social Integration and Poverty Reduction.
Before beginning her political career, she earned a medical degree from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and worked for nearly three decades as a family physician.
The La Libre Belgique publication listed her as its 2013 "Woman of the Year."
She grew up in Merchtem, Belgium. Her sibling, Eddie De Block, later served as Mayor of her (and his) hometown.
She and Freya Van Denbossche both held ministerial positions in the Belgian federal government.
