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Jan Spooren (born 12 January 1969) is a Belgian politician active for the
New Flemish Alliance The New Flemish Alliance ( ; N-VA) is a Flemish Movement, Flemish nationalist, Conservatism, conservative Political parties in Belgium, political party in Belgium. The party was established in 2001 by the right-leaning faction of the centrist-na ...
(N-VA) and the current governor of
Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( ; ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also ...
. Spooren obtained a law degree from
KU Leuven KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Founded in 1425, it is the oldest university in Belgium and the oldest university in the Low Countries. In addition to its mai ...
and became active in the former
Volksunie People's Union (, , abbr. VU) was a Flemish nationalist political party in Belgium, formed in 1954 as a successor to the Christian Flemish People's Union. The Volksunie defined itself as a big tent and catch-all party that combined support from ...
party for which he was elected as a municipal councilor in 1995. He became chairman of the local N-VA branch in
Tervuren Tervuren (; ) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Duisburg, Tervuren proper, Vossem and Moorsel. On 1 January 2006, Tervuren had a total population o ...
and after the municipal elections of October 2018, became mayor of Tervuren. He has served as an MP in the Chamber of Representatives since the
2014 Belgian federal elections Federal elections were held in Belgium on 25 May 2014. All 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium), Chamber of Representatives were elected, whereas the Senate (Belgium), Senate was no longer directly elected following the sixth ...
and was re-elected in 2019.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spooren, Jan 1969 births Living people Members of the 54th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Members of the 55th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) New Flemish Alliance politicians