Petra De Sutter aims for Ghent University rectorship in 2025

If Petra De Sutter really has the best interests of Ghent University at heart, she would do better to leave the rectorship of her alma mater to someone else. De Sutter's arrival would only reinforce the perception of Ghent University as a left-wing bastion. After the double four-year term of office of the left-liberal Rik Van de Walle, the pluralistic university that Ghent University should be deserves a neutral rector, not a green politician wh…

Petra De Sutter aims for Ghent University rectorship in 2025

Ghent (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister, Petra De Sutter, is running to be rector of Ghent University in April 2025, with Herwig Reynaert as her vice-rector candidate. She will divide her time between this role and her … Read more Continue reading Petra De Sutter aims for Ghent University rectorship in 2025 at The Brussels Morning Newspaper.

If Petra De Sutter is elected rector of Ghent University, she will still remain active in local politics in Horebeke. “People write that I will then leave politics, but that is not the case,” she says before the start of the city council in Horebeke. “The rectorate is compatible with a small local mandate.” De Sutter is a municipal councilor in Horebeke and becomes alderman when the federal government is formed.

If Petra De Sutter is elected rector of Ghent University, she will remain active in local politics in Horebeke. "People write that I will then leave politics, but that is not the case," she says before the start of the municipal council in Horebeke. "The rectorship is compatible with a small local mandate."