Tom Vandenkendelaere

Tom Vandenkendelaere (born 2 September 1984 in Roeselare) is a Belgian politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 until 2019 and again since 2021.

[1][2] He is a member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V), which sits in the EPP Group.

In 2014, Vandenkendelaere succeeded Marianne Thyssen, who became European Commissioner.

In parliament, he served on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), the "Panama Papers" Inquiry Committee (PANA) and the delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China.

[4][1] In October 2021, Vandenkendelaere initiated a nonbinding resolution in which a majority of the European Parliament denounced the “illegal arrest” and conviction of Rwandan politician Paul Rusesabagina and urged the EU to ramp up its efforts to secure his release.