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in 1987 and obtained his Master's of
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in May 2014. It had been considered unlikely by commentators that he would accept this challenge as initially when it was offered to him in
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Brussels City Council, responsible for economy and trade, the port, the procurement office and Flemish affairs. Following his ministerial appointment he has become an 'unavoidably detained' Alderman.
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From 28 June 2007 to 30 December 2008 Vanackere served as
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in 1979. His grandfather, Remi Wallays, had also been a senator and had been a former Mayor of Wevelgem.
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Steven Vanackere received his secondary education at the Sint-Albertuscollege in Haasrode, run by the
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