Koen Dillen (born July 29, 1962, in Mol) is a Belgian physician and politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) party who has served as a Member of the Flemish Parliament for the Antwerp constituency and the Belgian Senate since 2024.
Koen Dillen | |
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| Member of the Flemish Parliament | |
| Assumed office 9 June 2024 | |
| Member of the Belgian Senate | |
| Assumed office 9 June 2024 | |
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| Born | 29 July 1962 Mol, Belgium |
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Biography
editDillen was born in 1962. His father was a representative and councilor for the Volksunie party in Balen. He graduated as a general practitioner at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1988 before training as a physician for disabled patients at the University of Antwerp. He then worked as a public general practitioner in Mol and as a physician at a mental hospital. Dillen is a member of the Antwerp chapter of the Domus Medica organization.[1]
After being a member of the Volksunie as a teenager, Dillen joined the New Flemish Alliance in 2008. He was elected as a provincial councilor in 2012 for the N-VA in Antwerp and was a municipal councilor in Mol from 2012 to 2024. In the provincial council he was chairman of the Welfare Committee from 2018 to 2024.[2] During the 2024 Belgian regional elections, Dillen was elected to the Flemish Parliament for the Antwerp list and was designated as a community senator in the Belgian Senate.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Fiche Koen Dillen". Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Fiche Koen Dillen". Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Huisarts Koen Dillen verovert plaats in Vlaams Parlement: "Uitslag komt totaal onverwacht"". Retrieved 2024-09-03.