Fons Borginon
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Alfons "Fons" Borginon (born Lier, July 12, 1966) is a Belgian politician and lawyer.
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[edit] Personal
He is married to Kristin Ex and father of Hendrik, Irene and Margreet.
[edit] Education
He was awarded a master of laws degree by the University of Leuven, Belgium, as well as a master of legal studies in comparative and European law by the University of Florence, Italy.
[edit] Political career
He started his political career in the KVHV Fraternity, a Flemish nationalist students association. He also became the chief editor of Tegenstroom ("Upstream"), a nationwide distributed newsletter which advocates Flemish independence from Belgium. After his university years, Fons Borginon joined the Flemish National Party, the now-defunct Volksunie, of which he eventually became chairman. After the collapse of the Volksunie in 2002, he became member of the left-liberal party SPIRIT, one of the two Volksunie-successors, before finally joining the VLD in the same year. Fons Borginon is a member of the national VLD Board.
Fons Borginon is a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives since 1995, where he is VLD floor leader since 2006. He is a member of the Berchem district council (the legislative body of one of Antwerp's districts) since 2001 and chairman of the VLD Berchem since 2004.
[edit] Trivia
- Fons Borginon was granted knighthood in the Belgian Leopold's Order.
- His grandfather Hendrik Borginon was a Flemish collaborator during World War II, elected for the Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond.
