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ID 256890

BelgiumBelgiumActive member

Rudi KENNES

The LeftThe Left — GUE/NGL
Independent

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

5

Currently active

4

Total departed

1

Departed share

20.0%

1 of 5

Also draws on 3 shared assistants (0 currently, 3 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

5 own staff since we started watching

One bar per person, from the day we first saw them to the day they left — or until today. A faded left edge means they were already in place on 28/10/2024; a faded right edge means they left at an unknown date before 03/03/2026.

Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26Meltem OKCUFrancesca NOTTOLAALEKSANDRA KALETAJULES REINIER WOUTERSGIANLUCA FENILI
Accredited assistantsin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
Meltem OKCUAccredited assistants05/02/2025left before Mar 2026
Francesca NOTTOLAAccredited assistants04/03/2025in post
ALEKSANDRA KALETAAccredited assistants16/09/2025in post
JULES REINIER WOUTERSAccredited assistants16/09/2025in post
GIANLUCA FENILIAccredited assistants22/06/2026in post

Departed share comparison

Share of observed own staff who have since left (since 28 Oct 2024).

This Member20.0%
EP average30.2%
Belgium19.8%
The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL32.0%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Accredited assistants41500
Accredited assistants (grouping)00003

Active assistants · 4

NameCategorySince
Francesca NOTTOLAAccredited assistants04/03/2025
ALEKSANDRA KALETAAccredited assistants16/09/2025
JULES REINIER WOUTERSAccredited assistants16/09/2025
GIANLUCA FENILIAccredited assistants22/06/2026

Office size

Own staff in post per month. Dashed before 03/03/2026: reconstructed from arrivals only. The dashed horizontal line is the median office in the Parliament (5).

Own staff of Rudi KENNES per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-110yes
2024-120yes
2025-010yes
2025-020yes
2025-031yes
2025-041yes
2025-051yes
2025-061yes
2025-071yes
2025-081yes
2025-093yes
2025-103yes
2025-113yes
2025-123yes
2026-013yes
2026-023yes
2026-033no
2026-043no
2026-053no
2026-064no
2026-074no
2026-084no
2026-094no
2026-104no

How long staff stayed

Tenure of staff whose departure is dated. Contracts that ended before 03/03/2026 have no known length and are not shown.

No dated departures yet.

Former assistants · 4

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Meltem OKCUAccredited assistants05/02/2025left before Mar 2026—
Loonis Jans J LOGGHEAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Tanguy Carine G MASSONAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Kirsten Philip C VAN GESTELAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—

Our record of the register begins 28/10/2024. "Tracked since" marks a person who was already in place on that day — their actual start date is earlier and is not published to us. Read about the data →