Ine Tombeur | |
---|---|
Member of the Flemish Parliament | |
Assumed office 9 June 2024 | |
Assumed office 9 June 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Neerpelt,Belgium | 1 April 1977
Political party | New Flemish Alliance (2001-present) Volksunie (before 2001) |
Ine Tombeur (born 1 April 1977 in Neerpelt) is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance party who has served as a Member of the Flemish Parliament since 2024 for the Flemish Brabant region.
Tombeur graduated with a degree in speech therapy from the Artevelde University of Applied Sciences in Ghent and worked as a speech therapist until 2010. [1]
She became involved in politics as a member of the Volksuniejongeren (VUJO),the youth-wing of the Flemish Volksunie party. In 2000,she stood as a candidate in Limburg for the Volksunie during the provincial elections that year but was not elected. In 2001,she was a founding member of the N-VA. In 2010,she became active in full-time politics and was the regional coordinator for the N-VA in East Flanders from 2010 to 2015. She then worked as an advisor for N-VA MPs Elke Sleurs and Zuhal Demir from 2015 to 2018 and was a spokesperson for the Flemish Brabant provincial governor Jan Spooren from 2020 to 2024. In 2012,she was also elected as a municipal councilor in Tienen. For the 2024 Belgian regional elections,Tombeur was elected to the Flemish Parliament. [2]