Roosmarijn Beckers

Roosmarijn Beckers (born 23 October, 1986) is a Flemish politician and a member of the Flemish parliament for Vlaams Belang.

Roosmarijn Beckers
Roosmarijn Beckers (2021)
Member of the Flemish Parliament
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born (1986-10-23) 23 October 1986
Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Political partyVlaams Belang
Alma materCatholic University of Leuven

Career

Beckers is the daughter of former Vlaams Belang politician Marleen Govaerts. She obtained a master's degree in history from the Catholic University of Leuven and was a history teacher before working as an assistant in her husband's law firm.[1]

In 2006 Beckers was elected to the municipal council of Sint-Truiden for Vlaams Belang, but decided to leave politics for a period because she considered Vlaams Belang to be misogynistic.[2] In 2019, she was encouraged to return to the party by Tom Van Grieken and because she felt disappointed with the New Flemish Alliance party which she had switched her support to.[3] In 2019, she was elected to the Flemish parliament for the Limburg constituency (nl).[1][4] She is also an opinion columnist for the blog site Doorbraak.[5]

References
  1. Parlement, Vlaams. "Roosmarijn Beckers (Vlaams Belang)". www.vlaamsparlement.be.
  2. Vlaams Belang wordt steeds vrouwelijker, Het Laatste Nieuws, 24 januari 2019.
  3. Roosmarijn Beckers: ‘Vlaams Belang moet ook inzetten op gezond leefmilieu’, Doorbraak, 2 juni 2019.
  4. "Het Belang van Limburg". Het Belang van Limburg.
  5. Auteursfiche Roosmarijn Beckers op Doorbraak.
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