Mireille Colson Explained

Mireille Colson
Birth Date:16 December 1977
Birth Place:Leuven, Belgium
Office2:Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Termstart1:9 June 2024
Predecessor1:Eliane Tillieux
Birth Name:Mireille Colson
Alma Mater:KU Leuven

Mireille Colson (born December 16, 1977, in Leuven) is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance party who has served as a deputy in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives since 2024 for the Antwerp constituency.

Biography

Colson graduated with a degree in languages from KU Leuven followed by a master's degree in English-Italian-Dutch translation. She worked as a secondary school languages teacher before working in the advertising department for the company Vink in Antwerp. She later joined the chemical company Lubrizol working in the public relations department.[1]

She first became active in the New Flemish Alliance in 2011 and was elected as a municipal councilor for the party in Herselt in 2013. From 2012 to 2024 she also sat on the provincial council of Antwerp and was an advisor to the N-VA's Antwerp faction on tourism, parks and recreation. During the 2024 Belgian federal election she was elected to the federal parliament representing the Antwerp constituency.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Persoonlijke website . 2024-09-03.
  2. Web site: Fiche Mireille Colson . 2024-09-03.