Kathleen Van Brempt (pronounced [kɑtˈleːɱ vɑm ˈbrɛmpt]; born 18 November 1969) is a Belgian social-democratic politician and member of Vooruit.

After having worked for the sp.a in capacity of a researcher and as political secretary to Louis Tobback, in 1999 Van Brempt was appointed deputy chief of staff to the minister of employment Renaat Landuyt.

On 1 October 2003, Van Brempt resigned from the European Parliament to become State Secretary for Labor organization and Welfare in the working place in the second Belgian federal government headed by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.

[2] In 2016, Van Brempt was made chair of the Volkswagen emissions scandal inquiry into whether the EU should have acted more quickly to address the issue;[3] she was elected in an unopposed race.

[6][7] In addition to her committee assignments, Van Brempt has served on the parliament's delegations for relations with Iran (2009–2014) and Canada (2014–2019) and to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (since 2019).