Richard Jonckheere (born 20 January 1963), better known by his stage names Richard 23 and Richard JK, is a Belgian musician. He is a member of

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(which he joined in 1983) and was a founding member of

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(which he left in 1986, and later rejoined in 2016). He released the EP '' Free Tyson Free!'' with Jean-Pierre Everaerts and Marc Desmare, using the moniker Holy Gang, and two

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s in 1999/2000 as LaTchak (a collaboration with Everaerts).

Politics

In 2007, Jonckheere ran as a candidate in the Belgian general elections on behalf of the

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party. In the district of

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, he finished fifteenth, with 1,936 (or 2.03%) of the votes.Circonscription de Bruxelles-Hal-Vilvorde
Belgium.be. Retrieved on 18 July 2007.

References

External links

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Musicians from Brussels 1963 births Living people Belgian industrial musicians Belgian electronic musicians Revolting Cocks members Front 242 members {{Belgium-musician-stub