Jan Peeters (politician)

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Jan Peeters [ ˈjɑn ˈpeː.tərs ] (born January 12, 1963 in Herentals , Flanders ) is a Belgian politician .

Political career

Peeters is a member of the Socialist Partij Anders (sp.a). He is also a member of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies and was State Secretary of Belgium from 1995 to 1999 . In 1999 he was minister for a short time after Marcel Colla's resignation . He has also been the mayor of his hometown Herentals since 2001 . In May 2010, however, Jan Peeters announced that he would not run again at national level.

Individual evidence

  1. Het Nieuwsblad : "Burgemeester Jan Peeters verlaat nationale politiek" ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article of May 3, 2010 (Dutch) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nieuwsblad.be