Kruibeke (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkrœybeːkə]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders.

[2] The oldest secular centre of the area is the feudal castle of Wissekerke at Bazel, which was inhabited by the ancient family Vilain until 1989.

In March 2003, the mayor at that time Antoine Denert set up the Department of Tenderness to encourage residents to be nicer to each other.

Jos Stassen was mayor from 2013 to 2018, where he led a majority composed of SamenVoorKruibeke (Vooruit, Groen and Open VLD) and CD&V.

Their combined efforts gave them a majority over the largest party, N-VA, led by former mayor Antoine Denert.