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Liesbeth Homans

Flemish politician (born 1973)

Liesbeth Homans (born 17 February 1973) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to New Flemish Alliance. She was elected as a member of the Flemish Parliament in 2009 and as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2010.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Liesbeth Homans (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Feb 17, 1973.¹

About

She has served as Minister-president of Flanders and Speaker of the Flemish Parliament since 2019.

From Wikipedia’s article on Liesbeth Homans, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Flemish ParliamentChair Oct 2, 2019 to now¹⁶

Early life and education

Date not recordedKatholieke Universiteit Leuven³
Date not recordedUniversity of Antwerp³

Career

Occupation: politician.⁶

2019 to 2025Speaker of the Flemish Parliament⁴
Since 2019Chair, Flemish Parliament⁵
2019Minister-President of Flanders⁴
Since 2019Member of the Flemish Parliament⁴
2014 to 2019Flemish minister of housing⁴
2014Member of the Flemish Parliament⁴
2010 to 2013Community senator⁴
2009 to 2014Member of the Flemish Parliament⁴

Personal life

BornFeb 17, 1973, Wilrijk⁷
CitizenshipBelgium⁸
Children2^{9 10}

Legal issues and controversies

On 2 July 2019, when a picture was being taken following her oath of office, she said "we do not want this rag in the background", in reference to the Belgian flag.