Peter De Roover (born 1962) is a

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politician and a member of the Flemish nationalist

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party. He was elected as a member of the

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in 2014.

Biography

De Roover was born in

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. From 1980 to 1984, he studied economics at the

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where he was active in the Flemish nationalist

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group and helped to edit their magazine. In 2014, he ran for the Belgian Federal Parliament for the

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party and was elected to the Chamber of Representatives for the

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constituency. In 2015, he was appointed treasurer of the party and in 2016 became the N-VA's group leader and spokesman in the Chamber.

References

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