The terrorist attack earlier this week in Brussels also claimed a political victim. Somewhat surprisingly, Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open Vld) has kept the honor to himself, now that it appears that Tunisia had already requested the extradition of perpetrator Abdesalem Lassoued before the attack. After the much-discussed scuffle with colleague Frank Vandenbroucke and Pipigate, this turned out to be too much. Portrait of Minister Q (50), who entered politics a quarter of a century ago by ringing the doorbell of a certain Louis Tobback with a white umbrella.
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PORTRAIT. Vincent Van Quickenborne (50). A political beast par excellence, but at the same time short fuses and provocations were never far away
