Sigrid Goethals

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Sigrid Goethals
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 2020
Personal details
Born (1968-03-23) 23 March 1968 (age 56)
Asse
CitizenshipBelgium
NationalityBelgian
Political party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)

Sigrid Goethals (born March 23, 1968) is a Belgian politician affiliated to the N-VA party.

Goethals studied pharmacy at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and worked as a pharmacist before setting up her own practice in Ganshoren. She has described what she regards as the poor governance in Brussels and disputes between bilingual communities in the Brussels region as motivating her involvement in politics. [1] She was elected as a municipal councilor for the N-VA in Asse in 2012 where she became an alderman. In the 2019 Belgian federal election, she stood for the Member of the Chamber of Representatives on the Flemish Brabant list but was unsuccessful at getting elected. However, in 2020 she was appointed to the Chamber to replace Jan Spooren who was ahead of her on the list. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sigrid Goethals". Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA).
  2. ↑ Sigrid Goethals volgt Jan Spooren op als parlementslid, Het Laatste Nieuws, 17 september 2020.
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