Milka Malfait

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Milka Marie Madeleine Malfait (born June 19, 1990) is a lawyer and politician for the Flemish Liberal party Open Vld in Belgium.[1]

Early life and education

Malfait is the granddaughter of Miep Stegmann, the first female psychiatrist in Belgium.

In secondary school she studied Latin-Mathematics.

While she was studying law at the University of Hasselt she founded the Flemish Liberal Student's Association of Hasselt in 2009 with some fellow students. [2] In law school she studied public and governmental law.

In 2013, Malfait went to North Korea as one of the first western people for research on her thesis.[3] Currently she is investigating the legal system and the investment possibilities in the D.P.R.K.[4]

Media appearances and popular culture

Malfait got international media attention when she was running for municipal elections in 2012 in her hometown Sint-Truiden. The American newspaper The Wall Street Journal showed great interest in her initiative.[5] For her campaign she reproduced the famous Tennis Girl poster.

See also

Milka or Milcah ( מִלְכָּה) is an old Hebrew name. In the Bible, Milcah was Abraham's brother's wife (Gen. 24:15.).

References

  1. ↑ "Home | Milkaffairs.com - By Milka Malfait". Milkaffairs.com. Retrieved 2013-12-04. 
  2. ↑ http://www.lvsvhasselt.be/
  3. ↑ "Sint-Truiden - Truiense studente reist door Noord-Korea voor thesis". Hbvl.be. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2013-12-04. 
  4. ↑ "'Tennisgirl' Milka Malfait (23) reist door Noord-Korea". vandaag.be. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2013-12-04. 
  5. ↑ Robinson, Frances (2012-10-10). "To Break Out in Belgian Politics, Some Try Singing, Dancing - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-12-04. 
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