{"aliases":[],"awards":[],"biography_summary":"Melissa Depraetere (born 12 May 1992 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian politician and leader of Vooruit. She has been a Vice Minister-President of Flanders in the Diependaele Government since 2024, additionally serving as the Flemish Minister for Housing, Energy and Climate, Tourism, and Youth. She has been a member of the Chamber of Representatives for West Flanders since 2019. Before being elected, she was a parliamentary assistant to , and a OCMW councillor in Harelbeke. 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. She won 12,601 votes and gained a seat in the Chamber of Representatives. 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.","birth_date":"1992-05-12","birth_place":null,"birth_place_coordinates":null,"birth_place_wikidata_id":null,"birth_place_wikidata_url":null,"canonical_name":"Melissa Depraetere","canonical_url":"https://fr.instaget.online/people/39569448964274ab4b0883dd","citizenships":["Belgium"],"death_date":null,"description":"femme politique belge","external_ids":{},"full_name":"Melissa Depraetere","height_cm":null,"names":{"aliases":[],"birth":[],"native":[],"official":[]},"native_name":null,"notable_works":[],"occupations":["politician"],"official_websites":["https://www.melissadepraetere.be/"],"photo":null,"profile_url":"https://fr.instaget.online/people/39569448964274ab4b0883dd","provenance":{"catalog":"wikidata_wikipedia","fetched_at":"2026-08-29T07:49:01Z","social_archives_included":false,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65177149"},"public_hash":"39569448964274ab4b0883dd","schema_version":"1.1","socials":{},"tags":[{"key":"category:politics-and-public-service","label":"Politics and public service","type":"category"},{"key":"occupation:politician","label":"politician","type":"occupation"},{"key":"citizenship:belgium","label":"Belgium","type":"citizenship"}],"wikidata_id":"Q65177149","wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65177149","wikipedia_url":"https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Depraetere"}