Introduction

Els Ampe spent her childhood in Ostend, after which she moved to Brussels to graduate at the university as a Civil Engineer. She took additional training at the ULB (in French): ‘master en gestion intégrée’ at the Solvay Business School.Since 2004, she sits in the Brussels Parliament. In 2009, she became head of the Open VLD fraction. From 2006, she is also a councilor in the City of Brussels. Both at the municipal and regional levels, she specialized in cases related to the environment, town planning, mobility and urban design. But also issues such as welfare, health and family are close to her heart.As a core member of the Liberales think tank and president of the Willemsfonds Laeken she attaches great importance to solidarity, equality, and individual freedom.