| Anke Van dermeersch | |
| Office: | Senator of Belgium |
| Term Start: | 2003 |
| Birth Date: | 1972 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Party: | Vlaams Blok (until 2004) Vlaams Belang (from 2004) |
| Website: | ankevandermeersch.be |
Anke Maria Flor Van dermeersch (born 27 October 1972) is a Belgian politician, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 1991. She has later been a politician for the Vlaams Belang party, being elected as a senator in 2003.
Anke Van dermeersch rose to attention in Belgium during a modelling career, becoming Miss Belgium in 1991.[1] She represented her country at Miss Universe 1992 where she placed Top 6. She thereafter completed a law degree and became a lawyer before eventually entering politics.[1]
Van dermeersch became a directly elected Belgian senator in 2003 for the far-right party Vlaams Blok, which was succeeded by Vlaams Belang in 2004. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Flemish parliament.[2] She has also been the leader of a counter-jihad group called Women Against Islamisation.[3]