Patrick Janssens

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Patrick Janssens

Patrick Janssens is a Belgian politician, born on 19 September 1956. He is a member of the SP.a and currently mayor of the port city Antwerp.

[edit] Career

He studied "Political and Social Sciences" and "Applied Economic Sciences" (both Masters) at the University of Antwerp and Statistics at the London School of Economics. From 1979 to 1985 he was an assistant to professor Deleeck at the University of Antwerp.

From 1985 to 1989 he ran a market research agency (Dimarso) after which he undertook several positions at the marketing agency VVL/BBDO until 1999.

In 1999 he was appointed president of the Socialist Party and has been mayor of Antwerp since 2003. In the general election held the same year, Janssens was elected to the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives but he left the Chamber one year later when the 2004 regional elections saw Janssens becoming a member of the Flemish Parliament.