Mieke Vogels

Maria Bertha Charlotte (Mieke) Vogels (born 20 April 1954) Belgian politician from Flanders in the environmentalist party Groen!.

She quit as minister after her party Agalev was heavily defeated in the federal parliament elections of May 2003.

Mieke Vogels decided to give up her position as chairwoman so that a younger generation could take over the lead.

Vogels continues her work as member of the Flemish Parliament till the next elections in Belgium.

Vogels is a niece of Gaston and Louis Crauwels, two missionaries in the Belgian Congo who were killed during the Kongolo Massacre on New Year's Day in 1962.