Wout Wanser-Plas
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Wout Wanser-Plas | |
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 Wanser-Plas in 2019 | |
| Premier of Kesselbourg | |
| Assumed office November 6, 2019 | |
| Monarch | Christophe |
| Preceded by | Thomas Verschuere |
| Deputy Premier of Kesselbourg | |
| In office February 1, 2019 – November 6, 2019 | |
| Premier | Thomas Verschuere |
| Preceded by | Dieter de Koninck |
| Succeeded by | Jonas Vandekerckhove |
| Minister of External Affairs | |
| In office June 18, 2011 – February 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Kylian Crabbe |
| Succeeded by | Robin Goeminne |
| Minister of Euclean Affairs | |
| In office August 2, 2009 – June 18, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Christophe de Wever |
| Succeeded by | Romina Speleers |
| Member of the States-General | |
| In office December 16, 1998 – July 26, 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wouter Henri Wanser-Plas March 12, 1958 Loezen, Kesselbourg |
| Nationality | Kesselbourgish |
| Political party | The Ecologists (1997–) |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Zoë Vandewiele (m. 1979, div. 1986) Magalie Libbrecht (m. 1988, div. 1998) Sofie Fremaut (m. 1999, div. 2005) Evi Janssens (m. 2010) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Henri Wanser-Plas Alice Borremans |
| Education | École polytechnique de Loezen |
| Alma mater | Rolandine University, Kesselbourg |
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Wout Wanser-Plas (born Wouter Henri Wanser-Plas on March 12, 1958; aged 62) is a Kesselbourgish statesman, lawyer and politician who is currently serving as the Premier of Kesselbourg since 2019. A member of The Ecologists, Wanser-Plas has held several notable offices domestically, including Minister of Euclean Affairs (2009–2011), Minister of External Affairs (2011–2019) and Deputy Premier (2019), as well as a member of the States-General from 1998 to 2009.
Wanser-Plas began his career as a lawyer, graduating from the École polytechnique de Loezen and later the Rolandine University, both degrees in law. Aged 40, he was elected to the States-General during the 1998 general election, having been a member of The Ecologists since 1997. Over the course of the early 21st-century, he became a well-respected member of the legislature and gradually worked his way up the party ladder before being appointed Minister of Euclean Affairs in 2009. In 2011, he became the Minister of External Affairs, during which he oversaw the creation of embassies in countries such as Senria, Xiaodong, Satucin and Garambura. His eight-year tenure as external minister spanned four governments and three different coalitions, before Thomas Verschuere eventually made him his Deputy Premier in February 2019. After the Alpan-A scandal in November 2019, Verschuere resigned and Wanser-Plas succeeded him to the premiership.
As premier, Wanser-Plas has held largely green conservative, civic nationalist and pro-EC views that are consistent with his predecessors. More recently, his tenure has seen an ideological shift to the right amongst his government, with the introduction of the right-wing populist Party for the People (PvdM) as supply and confidence.
He is the first premier born outside of Kesselbourg City since Jari Tybgerhein (1966–1971).