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Filip Brusselmans (born 30 October 1997) is a Belgian politician and political activist.


Early life

Brusselmans was born in
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. He studied political science at the
University of Antwerp The University of Antwerp ( nl, Universiteit Antwerpen) is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is ''UA'', but ''UAntwerpen'' is more recently used. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 stud ...
where he became active in the
Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudentenverbond Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudentenverbond (KVHV) or the Catholic Flemish Students' Union is a political student society which concerns Flemish nationalism and conservatism. It accepts male and female members and has chapters in Ghent, Leuven, Antwerp, ...
.


Career

Since 2019, Brusselmans has been a member of the
Flemish Parliament The Flemish Parliament (Dutch: , formerly called Flemish Council or ''Vlaamse Raad'') constitutes the legislative power in Flanders for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic region and as a cultural communi ...
for
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and is currently the youngest representative to serve in the Flemish Parliament. He was elected as chairman of the VB's youth wing ''
Vlaams Belang Jongeren ''Vlaams Belang Jongeren'' (VBJ; Dutch for "Flemish Interest Youth") is the youth wing of the Vlaams Belang party. Until the conviction of the Vlaams Blok in 2004, the organisation was called Vlaams Blok Jongeren. When the party changed its name, ...
'' in 2020. In January 2018, Brusselmans made headlines and caused some controversy when he criticized the media attention given to the gender reassignment of transgender Belgian television presenter Bo Van Spilbeeck, which he described as a "surrender to the absurd". In December 2018, Brusselmans and Dries Van Langenhove helped to organize the ''March against Marrakesh'' along with several Flemish nationalist groups such as ''Vlaams Belang Jongeren,'' ''
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'' and the ''
Nationalistische Studentenvereniging The Nationalistische Studentenvereniging (NSV) (Dutch; "Nationalist Student Association") is a far-right Flemish nationalist student political group in Belgium, with chapters in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven, West Flanders (including Bruges, R ...
'' which protested Belgium's decision to adopt the UN Global Compact on Migration. In 2020, Brusselmans received death threats and was given police protection.


References

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