Koenraad Francine Gaston "Koen" Dillen (born 6 November 1964) is a

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and a former

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(MEP) for

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with the

Vlaams Belang , ideology = , predecessor = Vlaams Blok , position = , europarl = Identity and Democracy , european = Identity and Democracy Party , youth_wing = Vlaams Belang Jongeren , colours = ...

, sitting in the

Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (french: Identité, tradition, souveraineté, ITS, stylized its) was a far-right political group in the European Parliament which was composed of 23 MEPs from European parties during the 6th term. A common pol ...

group in the

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. He is the son of

Karel Dillen Karel Cornelia Constantijn Dillen (16 October 1925 – 27 April 2007) was a far-right Belgian politician and Flemish nationalist. Life According to Paul Beliën, editor of the Brussels Journal, "Dillen came from a non-political background. ...

, founder of the

Vlaams Blok ''Vlaams Blok'' ( en, Flemish Block, or VB) was the name of a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform.Erk, 2005, pp. 493-502. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independen ...

. He sat on its

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, and was a substitute for the

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and a member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Education

* 1987: Degree in

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Career

* 1989–1990: French teacher * 1990–1992: Account manager, Rank Xerox * 1992–1994: Senior official, Belgian Parliament * 1994–2003: Civil servant * since 2000:

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lor * 2003–2014:

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* 1964 births Living people Vlaams Belang MEPs MEPs for Belgium 1999–2004 MEPs for Belgium 2004–2009 People from Mortsel {{Flanders-politician-stub

Education

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