Philip Claeys

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Philip Claeys (born on 24 May 1965 in Ghent) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Belang. He is Vice-Chair of the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in the European Parliament.

He sits on its Committee on Foreign Affairs, and is a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education and a member of the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.

[edit] Education

• 1988: Degree in translation
• 1991: Post-graduate qualification in marketing

[edit] Career

• 1995-1999: Chairman of the Vlaams Blok youth wing
• since 1999: Chief editor of the Vlaams Blok magazine
• 1995-2003: Group secretary in the Flemish Parliament
• since 1995: Member of the party executive
• 1995-2003: Member of the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde district executive
• since 2003: Member of the European Parliament

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium)

[edit] External links

• Personal Website
• European Parliament biography of Philip Claeys (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Dutch)