Ellen Samyn

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Ellen Samyn
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 May 2019
Personal details
Born23 September 1980 (1980-09-23) (age 44)
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NationalityBelgian
Political party Vlaams Belang

Ellen Samyn (born 23 September 1980) [1] is a Belgian-Flemish politician who has served as an MP in the Chamber of Representatives for the Vlaams Belang party since May 2019.

Samyn previously worked as an assistant to Vlaams Belang politician Gerolf Annemans. [2] From 2007 to 2018, was a member of the OCMW council of Brasschaat. [3] In the federal elections of May 2019, Samyn was elected to the Chamber of Representatives for the Antwerp constituency. She describes herself as "EU-critical" in her beliefs. [4]

In Parliament Ellen Samyn is full Member of the Standing committees on Social Affairs and on Foreign Relations. In Flanders and Armenia she was noticed as a defender of the sovereignty and independence of Armenia and the now disappeared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).

Her husband, Dimitri Hoegaerts is a Vlaams Belang counsellor in Brasschaat since 1995. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "La Chambre des représentants de Belgique". www.lachambre.be. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  2. ↑ "De nieuwkomers van Vlaams Belang".
  3. ↑ Interview Ellen Samyn op reactnieuws.net.
  4. ↑ "De nieuwkomers van Vlaams Belang".
  5. ↑ Dimitri Hoegaerts trekt Vlaams Belang-lijst, Het Laatste Nieuws, 21 maart 2018.
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