Hans Beatrijs Herman Verreyt (born 3 July, 1980) is a Belgian politician and an MP in the Chamber of Representatives for

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. Verreyt worked as a

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before entering politics. He was active in the NJSV and the NSV as a teenager and chaired the Antwerp section of the NSV. In 2004, he was elected national chairman of the ''Vlaams Blok Jongeren'' (VBJ), the youth wing of the former

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party and subsequently became head of the ''

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, ...

'' when Vlaams Blok was relaunched as Vlaams Belang. He held the post until 2009 after which

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succeeded him. During the

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, Verreyt was elected to the Chamber of Representatives for the Antwerp constituency. He has also been a municipal councilor in

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since 2006.

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