Bart Claes

Bart Claes (born 8 April 1989) is a Belgian politician who has been a member of the Flemish parliament for the Flemish nationalist Vlaams Belang party since 2019.

Bart Claes
Member of the Flemish parliament
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born
Bart Claes

(1989-04-08) 8 April 1989
Mechelen, Belgium
Political partyVlaams Belang (2014–present)
Other political
affiliations		N-VA (until 2014)
Alma materUniversity of Antwerp
University of Ghent

Biography

Claes studied law at the University of Antwerp and the University of Ghent. During his studies he was a member of the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging and the New Flemish Alliance party.[1] In 2014 he left the N-VA due to disagreeing with the course of the party and joined Vlaams Belang. After graduating, Claes worked for Katoen Natie.[2]

From 2016 to 2020, Claes was chairman of the Vlaams Belang Jongeren. In 2019, Claes was elected as a member of the Flemish Parliament for the Antwerp region.[3][4] During the 2019 Belgian federal election, Claes managed the VB's election campaign and claimed that he looked to both the Brexit and Donald Trump presidential campaigns as examples of how to target voters.[5]

References
  1. Schel, Wart Van (23 February 2016). "Praten met Bart Claes". 't Pallieterke (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. Interview met Bart Claes, 't Pallieterke, 24 February 2016.
  3. "Bart Claes op lijst Vlaams Belang Rumst". Vlaams Belang Rumst (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. Parlement, Vlaams. "Bart Claes (Vlaams Belang)". www.vlaamsparlement.be (in Flemish). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. "Inside the far right's Flemish victory". 27 May 2019.
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