Anke Van dermeersch
Anke Van dermeersch | |
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![]() Van dermeersch in 2011 | |
Senator of Belgium | |
Assumed office 2003 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Antwerp, Belgium | 27 October 1972
Political party | Vlaams Blok (until 2004) Vlaams Belang (from 2004) |
Website | ankevandermeersch.be |
Anke Maria Flor Van dermeersch (born 27 October 1972) is a Belgian politician, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 1991. She has later been a politician for the Vlaams Belang party, being elected as a senator in 2003.
Pageantry and law
[edit]Anke Van dermeersch rose to attention in Belgium during a modelling career, becoming Miss Belgium in 1991.[1] She represented her country at Miss Universe 1992 where she placed Top 6. She thereafter completed a law degree and became a lawyer before eventually entering politics.[1]
Political career
[edit]Van dermeersch became a directly elected Belgian senator in 2003 for the far-right party Vlaams Blok, which was succeeded by Vlaams Belang in 2004.[2] Since 2019, she has been a member of the Flemish parliament.[2] She has also been the leader of a counter-jihad group called Women Against Islamisation.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Przybylski, Eddy (9 April 2001). "Beroemde Vlamingen" (in French).
- ^ a b "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Othen, Christopher (2018). Soldiers of a Different God: How the Counter-Jihad Movement Created Mayhem, Murder and the Trump Presidency. Amberley. p. 272. ISBN 9781445678009.