Vooruit is a Flemish social democratic political party in Belgium. It was known as the (Flemish) Socialist Party until 21 March 2021,when its current name was adopted.
Bartolomeus Jozef Lodewijk Rosalia "Bart" Somers is a Belgian,Flemish politician. He is currently the mayor of Mechelen. In 2017,Bart Somers was awarded 2016 World Mayor Prize as recognition for his outstanding achievements in welcoming refugees during recent years and for the long-term integration of immigrants from different cultures,religions and social backgrounds. He obtained a law degree from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Vlaams Belang is a Flemish nationalist,Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the Flemish Region and Brussels Capital Region of Belgium. It is widely considered to be on the political far-right,although it self-describes as centre-right.
Alfons "Fons" Borginon is a Belgian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives between 1995 and 2007. Borginon was the last chairman of the Volksunie and Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) floor leader from 2006 until the general election of 2007. He was also granted knighthood in the Belgian Order of Leopold. He is married to Kristin Ex and father of Hendrik,Irene and Margreet.
Alexander De Croo is a Belgian politician and businessman who is the prime minister of Belgium. He assumed office in October 2020. De Croo was born in Vilvoorde,Flemish Brabant,and studied business engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel before attaining an MBA at Northwestern University in the United States. He worked for Boston Consulting Group before starting his own company,Darts-ip,in 2006. De Croo became involved with the Belgian political party Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten,of which he was chairman from 2009 to 2012. From 2012 to 2020,De Croo served in the governments of Elio Di Rupo,Charles Michel,and Sophie Wilmès as a deputy prime minister of Belgium.
Meyrem Almaci is a Belgian politician from Flanders and member of the ecological party Groen. On 10 June 2007,she was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the first time. She was re-elected in 2010 and in 2014 when she also became the president of Groen. In 2019 she left the Belgian parliament and was elected in the Flemish Parliament.
Wouter Van Besien is a Belgian politician. From 25 October 2009 until 15 November 2014,he was the chairman of the ecologist party Groen.
Jan Jambon is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) who has been serving as Minister-President of Flanders since 2019. He replaced Kris Peeters as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2007. The N-VA was,at that time,partnered with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish party. In June 2010 and May 2014 he was re-elected on an N-VA list.
Tom Jozef Irène Van Grieken is a Belgian politician and author who has served as leader of Vlaams Belang since October 2014.
Peter Mertens is a Belgian politician who led the Workers' Party of Belgium from 2008 to 2021. He has served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives since 2019,and as a municipal councilor in Antwerp since 2013.
In Belgium,the government formation of 2019–2020 started one day after the federal elections,regional elections and European elections which were all held simultaneously on 26 May 2019. These formations were only the second under King Philippe.
Sihame El Kaouakibi is a Belgian politician and the founder of the Let's Go Urban project. In 2021,she was accused of fraudulent use of government subsidies. Almost 1 million euro is claimed to have been used for her own profit.
Volt Belgium is a political party in Belgium. It is part of the pan-European party Volt Europa.
Egbert R. Lachaert is a Belgian lawyer,politician and party chairman of the Open VLD.
Conner Rousseau is a Belgian politician and former chairman of the social-democratic Flemish Vooruit party. He became its chairman in November 2019 at the age of 26.
Federal elections were held in Belgium on 9 June 2024. The 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives will be elected for a five-year term. European and regional elections took place on the same day.
Jan Penris is a Belgian politician of the Vlaams Belang party who sat as a member of the Flemish Parliament and then the Chamber of Representatives.
The 2024 Belgian regional elections were held on Sunday 9 June,the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election as well as the Belgian federal election.
The 2024 Belgian provincial,municipal and district elections will take place on Sunday 13 October 2024. They take place four months after the simultaneous European,federal and regional elections.
Lode Vereeck is a Belgian economist,professor and politician of the Vlaams Belang party,and formerly of the Open VLD and Lijst Dedecker.
