Herman De Reuse (born

Liedekerke Liedekerke () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Liedekerke had a total population of 11,920. It is also situated in the Pajottenland.The total area is 10.08 km2 which results in a popula ...

, 3 May 1944 – 30 May 2018) was a Belgian lawyer and politician for

Vlaams Blok Vlaams Blok (, VB; ) was the name of a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform.Erk, 2005, pp. 493-502. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. The part ...

and later

Vlaams Belang Vlaams Belang (; ; VB) is a Flemish nationalist, Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the Flemish Region and Brussels Capital Region of Belgium. It is widely considered by the media and political analysts to be on the polit ...

. De Reuse was elected to the

Flemish Parliament The Flemish Parliament (Dutch language, Dutch: , formerly called Flemish Council or ''Vlaamse Raad'') constitutes the legislature, legislative power in Flanders for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic reg ...

during the first ever direct elections to the Flemish Parliament in 1995. He represented Vlaams Blok and later Vlaams Belang. In 2018, De Reuse died unexpectedly while on holiday in France. His son

Immanuel De Reuse Immanuel De Reuse (born Roeselare, 7 November 1971) is a Belgian-Flemish politician for Vlaams Belang and a member of the Flemish Parliament. Biography De Reuse is the son of Vlaams Blok politician Herman De Reuse who was an MP in the Chamber of ...

was elected to the Flemish Parliament in 2019.Lijst Vlaams Belang Roeselare rond: Peter Logghe trekt, Immanuel De Reuse duwt
Krant van West-Vlaanderen; November 7, 2011

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1944 births 2018 deaths Vlaams Belang politicians Members of the Flemish Parliament {{Flanders-politician-stub