Bart Laeremans


Bart Laeremans is since 21 May 1995 member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the Vlaams Belang for the constituency Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.

Career

He studied law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and postgraduate Media and Informatics. He was active as a solicitor from 1992 till 2004.
Laeremans is also municipal counselor and chairman of the party Flemish Interest within the municipal council of Grimbergen. In his municipality, he is regarded as one of the most popular politicians. He obtained for instance 2395 preference votes in the Belgian municipal elections in 2006, which is much above the second score, that one of Christian Democratic and Flemish mayor Eddy Willems, who obtained 1377 preference votes.
In the Chamber of Representatives, he’s a member of these committees:
He is substitute for the:
His grandfather, Leo Wouters, was a senator representing the former Flemish nationalist party Volksunie.
His father, Johan Laeremans, was a treasurer and deputy-chairman of the Volksunie.
His brother Jan Laeremans is a provincial counselor in the Flemish province Vlaams-Brabant.
His brother Dirk Laeremans was a chief-editor of Doorbraak, the magazine of the Vlaamse Volksbeweging the Flemish popular movement.

Works