Kurt Ravyts | |
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Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bruges, Belgium | 24 April 1968
Political party | Vlaams Belang |
Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
Kurt Ravyts (born 24 April 1968) [1] is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives for the Flemish Vlaams Belang party.
Ravyts described himself as coming from a left-wing background and that his father was a Marxist, however as a student he developed an interest in Flemish nationalism and attended meetings of the NSV. He studied religion at the Catholic University of Leuven and worked as a teacher. In 1999, he started working as regional secretary for the then Vlaams Blok and then as an assistant for the Vlaams Belang fraction in the Flemish Parliament [2] Ravyts was elected to parliament during the 2019 Belgian federal election for the West Flanders constituency. He is also a councilor for the West Flanders region. [3] [4] [5]
Kurt Ravyts | |
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Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bruges, Belgium | 24 April 1968
Political party | Vlaams Belang |
Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
Kurt Ravyts (born 24 April 1968) [1] is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives for the Flemish Vlaams Belang party.
Ravyts described himself as coming from a left-wing background and that his father was a Marxist, however as a student he developed an interest in Flemish nationalism and attended meetings of the NSV. He studied religion at the Catholic University of Leuven and worked as a teacher. In 1999, he started working as regional secretary for the then Vlaams Blok and then as an assistant for the Vlaams Belang fraction in the Flemish Parliament [2] Ravyts was elected to parliament during the 2019 Belgian federal election for the West Flanders constituency. He is also a councilor for the West Flanders region. [3] [4] [5]