Petra De Sutter
| Petra De Sutter | |
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| Member of the Belgian Senate | |
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Assumed office June 2014 | |
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| Born |
10 June 1963 (age 53) Oudenaarde, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Political party | Green |
| Website |
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Petra De Sutter (Oudenaarde, 10 June 1963) is a professor of gynaecology at Ghent University, head of the Department of Reproductive Medicine at Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent) and a politician of the Green party.
In the 2014 European elections, she was second on the list for the Flemish Green party. However, while the party gained votes, it missed its hold on an additional second seat. She was subsequently co-opted by her party for a seat in the Belgian Senate, making her one of the few openly transgender politicians in Europe.
Since her political debut, De Sutter has tackled important issues: a regulation for surrogacy – at a Belgian and European level –, independent clinical research in the pharmaceutical industry, the risks of TTIP for our consumer’s protection of food and chemicals, and more human rights for LGBT.