Reccino Van Lommel
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Reccino Van Lommel (born 30 May 1986) is a Belgian politician and a member of the Chamber of Representatives for
Vlaams Belang , ideology = , predecessor = Vlaams Blok , position = , europarl = Identity and Democracy , european = Identity and Democracy Party , youth_wing = Vlaams Belang Jongeren , colours = , ...
since 2019.


Biography

Van Lommel studied commercial engineering at the
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. From 2011 to 2014 he worked as an operational director for the ''Columbus Steel'' construction company before working for a business consultancy firm. In October 2014, Van Lommel succeeded Vlaams Belang leader
Tom Van Grieken Tom Jozef Irène Van Grieken (born 7 October 1986) is a Belgian politician and author who has served as leader of Vlaams Belang since October 2014. Early life Van Grieken was born in Antwerp and later moved to Mortsel where he served as a muni ...
as chairman 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, ...
'' - the youth wing of the VB, and performed this role until 2016. In the federal elections of 26 May 2019 , Van Lommel was elected from third place on the
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constituency list to the Chamber of Representatives. He serves on the Commission for the Economy, Consumer Protection and Digital Agenda and the Commission for Energy, Environment and Climate. Since 2012, Van Lommel has also served as a municipal counsellor in
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.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Lommel, Reccino 1986 births Living people Vlaams Belang politicians Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament Flemish politicians People from Turnhout