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Laurette Onkelinx was born on 2 October, 1958 in Ougrée, Belgium, is a Belgian politician. Discover Laurette Onkelinx's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

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Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 2 October, 1958
Birthday 2 October
Birthplace Ougrée, Belgium
Nationality Belgium

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Who Is Laurette Onkelinx's Husband?

Her husband is Abbès Guenned (Divorced) Marc Uyttendaele

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Husband Abbès Guenned (Divorced) Marc Uyttendaele
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Children Noa Uyttendaele, Sara Guenned, Sami Guenned

Laurette Onkelinx Net Worth

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1958

Laurette A. J. Onkelinx (born 2 October 1958) is a Belgian politician from the Francophone Socialist Party.

1974

Her father, Gaston Onkelinx, originally a Dutch-speaking migrant from Flemish Limburg to francophone Wallonia, has long been mayor of Seraing (near Liège) and member of the House of Representatives (1974–1987).

Her grandfather, Maurice Onkelinx, was alderman and mayor of Jeuk in Limburg and lost his civil rights for some years after the Second World War.

1988

First elected to the Belgian House of Representatives in 1988, she held several ministerial posts without any interruption from 1992 until 2014:

1997

First married to Abbès Guenned, a Belgian of Moroccan descent, Onkelinx divorced him in 1997–1998; Morocco asked for Guenned's extradition, accusing him of drug trafficking (he was stopped on 31 July 1997 at Zaventem airport, while in possession of a diplomatic passport), a charge which was later dropped.

He was also arrested in Turkey, but released after strong influence from the Belgian government.

At that time, Onkelinx was presiding over the government of Belgium's French Community.

Onkelinx then married barrister.

Witnesses to this marriage were both their former husband and wife.

2003

In 2003, Guenned became an adviser to Onkelinx' cabinet, charged with the preparation of the election of the Belgian advisory Muslim council, and dealing with town management but, especially, with communication between the cabinet and the Islamic associations.

2005

Her older brother, Alain Onkelinx, has been a member of the Regional Parliament of Wallonia since September 2005.

She speaks French and Dutch.

2006

When Turkish terrorist Fehriye Erdal was sentenced to four years imprisonment by a Bruges court on 28 February 2006, it turned out that she had shaken off the Belgian secret service, which had the responsibility of following her since 23 February 2006 (Erdal had been under house arrest since 2000, and living in the same building as the DHKP-C secretariat).

Both Laurette Onkelinx and Minister of the Interior Patrick Dewael came under fire for this incident; the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V) and Vlaams Belang demanded the resignation of both of them on 6 March 2006.

In July 2006, Onkelinx came under heavy political fire again when one of Belgian's most notorious criminals, Murat Kaplan, did not return from a weekend-leave, which she had signed off.

In August 2006 she came again under heavy fire when 28 prisoners managed to escape from a prison in Dendermonde.

In September 2006, it was reported that the criminal Victor Hoxha had returned to Belgium – he had been deported from Belgium earlier in 2006, and told not to return for ten years.

Prime minister Guy Verhofstadt, of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), asked the minister to refrain from releasing any criminals prematurely in the coming three months, but she refused this demand.

This came just before the government was to prepare its budget for the coming year, and the October municipal elections.

CD&V and Vlaams Belang again called for the resignation of the minister, but it was unknown how far the VLD would go in supporting the minister (and accordingly, the then current federal government).

On 23 September, it was reported that another criminal did not return from day-leave.

Tony Van Parys, of the CD&V party, called it "incomprehensible that someone like Azzouzi [the criminal in question] would get penitentiary leave."

The cabinet's crisis was averted the next week, when a deal was struck between the VLD and PS, allowing criminals only to be released on parole, in the next months, after consent by their victim (or the victim's family).

On 6 October, two days before the Belgian municipal elections, Laurette Onkelinx was hit with a pie at an election event in Schaerbeek.

The perpetrator was Benito Franscesconi, a 78-year-old man, who has a history of "civil disobedience."

Franscesconi has made himself a civil party to many court cases in which he had no direct interest.

2009

In 2009, Onkelinx criticized Pope Benedict XVI over his comments that the distribution of condoms without prior education only worsened the AIDS crisis.

2011

She was the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health in the Belgian federal government, i.e., the Di Rupo Government, which took office on 6 December 2011.

Born in Ougrée to and Germaine Ali Bakir, of Kabyle origin, she graduated in law at the University of Liège, after which she worked as a lawyer for ten years.

At the age of 30 she was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.

2014

In 2014, it was revealed that her Ministry had hired the firm of her own husband,, as a legal consultant, at a cost of 245,000 euros.

2017

On 13 September 2017, Onkelincx announced she would not be a candidate for the 2019 elections.