Director General,
National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance
Henri De Ridder is Director-General of the Health Insurance Department at the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance, Brussels, Belgium since 17/10/2005. He graduated from the University of Ghent as a doctor in the medicine, surgery and obstetrics in 1976. He was general practitioner in a primary health center from 1976 till 2000. He was counselor and deputy director in the cabinet of Ministers of Health and of Social Affairs from 1997 till 2005. He has large experience in public health policy, public administration, primary health care, social equity and equal access, chronic care, health insurance.