| Bart Tommelein | |
| Office: | Flemish Deputy Minister-President and Flemish Minister of Budget, Finance and Energy |
| Primeminister: | Geert Bourgeois |
| Term Start: | 4 May 2016 |
| Term End: | 30 November 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Annemie Turtelboom |
| Successor: | Lydia Peeters |
| Office1: | Secretary of State for Social fraud, Privacy and the North Sea |
| Primeminister1: | Charles Michel |
| Term Start1: | 11 October 2014 |
| Term End1: | 4 May 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Philippe Courard |
| Successor1: | Philippe De Backer |
| Party: | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats |
| Birth Date: | df=y 4 May 1962 |
Bart Joris Tommelein (born 4 May 1962) is a Belgian politician of Open Vld who was minister in the Bourgeois Government and is the incumbent mayor of Ostend.
Bart Tommelein was born in Ostend on 4 May 1962.
He started in the People's Union (Volksunie); he was chairman of the People's Union Youth (Volksunie Jongeren) from 1985 until 1990. However, he became member of the VLD in 1999.
He was member of the Chamber of Representatives from 2003 until 2009, where he was political group leader from 2008 to 2009. In 2009 he was elected to the Flemish Parliament, where he became political group leader in 2013.
In October 2014 Tommelein became Secretary of State for Social fraud, Privacy and the North Sea in the Michel Government.
On 4 May 2016 he succeeded Annemie Turtelboom as Vice Minister-President and Flemish Minister for Finance, Budget and Energy in the Bourgeois Government. He resigned from this position in November 2018 to be able to become mayor of Ostend, a position he took up in January 2019.[1]