Yoleen Van Camp

Yoleen Van Camp (born 25 August 1987 in Antwerpen) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the New Flemish Alliance. She has been a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives since 2014.[1][2]

Biography

Van Camp obtained a high school degree (Latin-Modern Languages) in Herentals. After this, she obtained her master's degree in Nursing. Right before being elected in 2014, she gained a PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Antwerp.[3] She lives in Herentals.

She was elected as a local councilwoman for the town council of Kasterlee in 2012. As she moved to Herentals, she no longer holds office in Kasterlee since December 2015.[4][5]

At the Belgian federal elections on 25 May 2014, Van Camp was elected for the Chamber of Representatives with a higher number of votes than she expected.[6] She took office on 19 June 2014.[2] She was the youngest Flemish representative.[7] She is a member of several parliamentary committees, among which the Health, Environment and Social Innovations Committee and the Naturalization Committee.[1]

On 21 July 2017, she caused concern by tweeting that she does not acknowledge the Belgian National Holiday as a public holiday. She considers 11 July, the Day of the Flemish Community, to be her national holiday.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "De Belgische Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers - Yoleen Van Camp". www.dekamer.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  2. 1 2 "Lijst van de Kamerleden en hun opvolgers" (PDF). Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers (pdf) (in Dutch and French). 2014-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Yoleen Van Camp". Yoleen Van Camp (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  4. ↑ Justaert, Marjan (2016-01-05). "N-VA broedt op stoelendans voor lokale stembusslag 2018". De Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  5. ↑ Keyenberg, Paul (2016-12-16). "Van Camp en Van Nijlen wisselen van kamp". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  6. ↑ Keyenberg, Paul (2014-05-27). "26-jarige Yoleen haalt meer stemmen dan burgemeester". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  7. ↑ Van nieuwenhuysen, Guy (2014-07-20). ""Zo veel belangstelling had ik niet verwacht"". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  8. ↑ Van Camp, Yoleen (2017-07-20). "Feestdag? Niks te feestdag. Die van ons was 11.07. Vandaag stapel dossiers naturalisatie afwerken #21julipic.twitter.com/68KDwrkJtE". @YoleenVanCamp (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  9. ↑ "Pour une députée fédérale de la N-VA, le 21 juillet «n’est pas un jour de fête»". Soirmag (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-23.
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