Wilfried Vandaele

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Wilfried Vandaele
Wilfried Vandaele - 2019.jpg
Speaker of the Flemish Parliament
In office
13 July 2019 – 2 October 2019
Preceded byKris Van Dijck
Succeeded byLiesbeth Homans
Member of the Flemish Parliament
Assumed office
7 June 2009
Senator for the Flemish community
In office
10 January 2013 – 31 December 2018
Personal details
Born (1959-06-05) 5 June 1959 (age 62)
Bruges, West Flanders
NationalityBelgian
Political partyN-VA
ResidenceDe Haan
Websitehttp://www.n-va.be/cv/wilfried-vandaele

Wilfried Vandaele (born 5 June 1959 in Bruges) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA. He has been a member of the Flemish Parliament since 2009 and has served as its speaker between 13 July and 2 October 2019. He is also the current mayor of his home town De Haan.

Career[]

Vandaele was elected as a member of the Flemish Parliament in 2009.[1] In January 2013 he succeeded party leader Bart De Wever as a senator for the Flemish community. As a senator he was a member of the committees for home affairs and administrative affairs.[2] Since 2015 he is an alternate member of the European Alliance Group at the European Committee of the Regions.[3] From 13 July 2019 he was Speaker of the Flemish Parliament until his replacement by Liesbeth Homans on 2 October 2019. He subsequently became the leader of the N-VA parliamentary group, succeeding Matthias Diependaele who was appointed as a minister in the new Jambon government.[4]

Vandaele has been a member of the city council of De Haan since 1 January 1989. He served as alderman (January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2012) and has been the mayor of the town since 1 January 2019.[5] Upon becoming mayor, he resigned from his position as senator, as is legally required.[6]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Lijst van de gekozenen Vlaams Parlement" (PDF) (in Dutch). Flemish Parliament. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Wilfried Vandaele wordt gemeenschapssenator" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Members & Alternates". web.cor.europa.eu.
  4. ^ "Wilfried Vandaele is fractieleider N-VA in Vlaams Parlement" (in Dutch). Focus-WTV. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ^ Parlement, Vlaams. "Wilfried Vandaele (N-VA)". www.vlaamsparlement.be (in Dutch).
  6. ^ "Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen zorgen voor stoelendans in de Senaat" (in Dutch). Metro. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.


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