Freya Perdaens | |
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Member of the Flemish Parliament | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Senator | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mechelen | 29 January 1989
Nationality | Belgian |
Political party | N-VA |
Residence | Antwerp |
Freya Perdaens (born 29 January 1989) is a Belgian-Flemish politician active within the N-VA.
Perdaens comes from Nekkerspoel. She completed a degree in communications at UCLouvain in 2010. After graduating she worked as a recruitment consultant before working in marketing for a solar panel company. Perdaens became a member of the municipal council of Mechelen in 2016. In the municipal elections of 2018,the N-VA Mechelen department chose Perdaens as the list leader. Since then,she has served as leader of the opposition on Mechelen council as an N-VA municipal councilor. [1] [2]
In the elections of 26 May 2019,Perdaens was elected as a Flemish Member of Parliament on the list of the N-VA in the Antwerp Constituency. After the election,she was designated by the N-VA as a state Senator. [3] [4] Perdaens is bisexual and has focused on LGBT rights in her political career. [5]
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