Guy August Marie-Louise D'haeseleer (born 12 March 1969) is a Belgian politician who has served as the Senate leader for

Vlaams Belang Vlaams Belang (; ; VB) is a Flemish nationalist, Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the Flemish Region and Brussels Capital Region of Belgium. It is widely considered by the media and political analysts to be on the polit ...

since 2014 and is chairman of ''Forza Ninove,'' the local chapter of Vlaams Belang in the city of

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. After winning the 2024 local elections in Ninove, which resulted in an absolute majority for his party, D’haeseleer became

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of Ninove.

Biography

D'haeseleer graduated with a degree in social work at the Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts. After, he worked as a consultant at the Flemish Public Employment Services (VDAB) and then as a social inspector for the Belgian National Employment Office. From 1994 to 1999 he worked as a parliamentary assistant for the

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fraction in the Chamber of Representatives. In the 1999 elections, D'haeseleer was elected a member of the Chamber of Representatives for the district of Aalst as an MP for Vlaams Blok. Following the dissolution of Vlaams Blok in 2004, he joined its successor Vlaams Belang. In the 2014 elections, D'haeseleer headed the Vlaams Belang list for the

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in the

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constituency and was elected. Since 2014, he has also been a state senator in the Belgian Senate on behalf of the party. He was re-elected in the 2019 Flemish elections and subsequently re-designated as a state senator. Since 2019 he has been the VB group leader in the Senate. D'haeseleer has also been a municipal councilor in

since 1995. Since the 2012 municipal elections, he has been the party leader for ''Forza Ninove,'' the local branch of the VB. Under his leadership, Forza Ninove became the largest with a 40% electoral rate and 15 out of 33 city council seats in 2018. D'haeseleer also received the most preference votes. In 2018, D'haeseleer caused controversy over a Facebook post about African people which was criticised as racist.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:D'haeseleer, Guy 1969 births 20th-century Belgian politicians Belgian city councillors Belgian senators of the 57th legislature Living people Members of the 50th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 51st Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 52nd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 53rd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the Flemish Parliament Vlaams Belang politicians