Jan Laeremans | |
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Member of the Flemish Parliament | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Deinze, Belgium | 23 May 1962
Political party | Vlaams Belang |
Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
Jan Laeremans (born 23 May 1962) is a Belgian-Flemish politician for Vlaams Belang and a member of the Flemish parliament.
Laeremans is the grandson of People's Union Senator Leo Wouters. He studied Germanic philology at the Catholic University of Leuven where he became a member of Vlaams Blok and then worked as a high school languages teacher. [1] [2] Laeremans became a provincial councilor Flemish Brabant in 1991 for Vlaams Blok and later Vlaams Belang. He held this role until 2019 when he was elected to the Flemish parliament. [3]
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