Philip Claeys
Philip Claeys (born May 24, 1965 in Ghent ) is a Belgian right-wing politician of the Vlaams Belang party . From 2003 to 2014 he was a member of the European Parliament .
Life
Claeys is a trained translator (1988) and has an additional degree in marketing (1991). He was active as youth chairman from 1995 to 1999 for the Vlaams Blok party, which dissolved in November 2004 after being convicted by the Belgian Supreme Court of Appeal and re-established as Vlaams Belang . Since 1999 he has been editor-in-chief of the Vlaams Blok magazine and is now editor-in-chief of Vlaams Belang Magazine . Claeys was secretary of the Vlaams Blok parliamentary group in the Flemish Parliament from 1995 to 2003 and has been a member of the party executive since 1995.
In 2003 Claeys was elected to the European Parliament as successor to Karel Dillen . He was a member and deputy chairman of the Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty parliamentary group , which was dissolved in November 2007, and has been non-attached ever since. He is also a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Delegation for Relations with the Countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) . He is an alternate member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Delegation for relations with the United States .
Claeys lives in Overijse with his wife and two children .
Web links
- Official homepage of Philip Claeys
- Entry on Philip Claeys in the European Parliament 's database of MEPs
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Claeys, Philip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian politician, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghent |