Robby De Caluwé (1 January 1975) is a

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politician for

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. He is

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since 2013 and member of the

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since 2019.

Biography

De Caluwé studied

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between 1994 and 1997. He worked as a Branch Manager at

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until 2011. In 2011 he started his own

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company.

Political career

In 1994, De Caluwé started his political career in Young VLD Moerbeke. Very soon, he became secretary, and later

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. During a short period, he was also a member of the national party council from Open Vld. In 2010 he became chairman of Open Vld Moerbeke. He started in local politics in Moerbeke and became member of the council after the elections in 2000. After his predecessor

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left the party, he was asked to pull the list for the elections in 2012. He obtained 860 preference votes and was by far the most popular politician in his city. In 2018, he became more popular and obtained 1,129 votes. This result made him the second most popular mayor in

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, after

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from

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. During the federal elections of 2019, he was first successor. Since

Mathias De Clercq Mathias Toon Cecil Willy De Clercq, Jonkheer, esq. (born 26 December 1981, Ghent) is a Belgians, Belgian politician. He is a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats, Flemish liberal party. At the moment he is the List of mayors of Ghen ...

did not take up his mandate, he became a

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for the constituency of

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. De Caluwé is a member of the committees "Health and Equal Chances" and "Naturalizations". 2 July 2020 he has been nominated president of the special committee charged with investigating Belgium's approach to the COVID-19 epidemic

External links

Official website
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