Mathias Toon Cecil Willy De Clercq, esq. (born 26 December 1981, Ghent) is a Belgian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He is a member of the Flemish liberal party. At the moment he is the mayor of Ghent. From 2007 until 2014 he was a federal representative, and from 2014 until 2019, he was a Flemish representative. From 2007 until 2019 he was a '' schepen'' in

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...

. He belongs to the social liberal wing of his party. De Clercq was born in

, son of lawyer and alderman Yannick Frans de Clercq (1954), grand officer of the Order of Leopold II.Etat présent de la noblesse belge 2015, p. 63 He is the grandson of Viscount Willy De Clercq, a former

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* 1981 births Mayors of Ghent Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten politicians Living people 21st-century Belgian politicians Belgian nobility {{Belgium-mayor-stub