Maaike De Vreese Explained

Maaike De Vreese
Office1:Member of the Flemish Parliament
Term Start1:2019
Office2:Senator
Term Start2:2019
Birth Date:1984 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Bruges
Nationality:Belgian
Party:N-VA

Maaike De Vreese (born 26 July 1984 in Bruges) is a Belgian politician and civil servant active for the N-VA in the Flemish Parliament and the Belgian Senate.

Biography

De Vreese holds a degree in criminology from Ghent University. In 2008 she started working at the Belgian Federal Public Service Immigration Affairs. In this role she advised the police on operational actions to prevent human smuggling and illegal immigration.[1]

In the 2019 Belgian regional elections, De Vreese was elected from second place as a Flemish Member of Parliament on the list of the N-VA in the Constituency of West Flanders with 14,810 preference votes. To take up this mandate, she took political leave as a civil servant.[2] She was also sent to the Senate as a state senator.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maaike de Vreese | Vlaams Parlement.
  2. Web site: 'Wit konijn' Maaike De Vreese meteen op 2 op Vlaamse lijst N-VA Brugge hln.be.
  3. Web site: Maaike De Vreese (N-VA) als nieuwkomer meteen het Vlaams parlement in Brugge hln.be.