Werner Somers (born 24 January 1974 in Ninove) is a Belgian politician of the Vlaams Belang party who was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2024.
Werner Somers | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Werner Somers 24 January 1974 Ninove, Belgium |
| Political party | Vlaams Belang |
| Alma mater | University of Ghent Open University of the Netherlands Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
Biography
editSomers was born in 1974 in Ninove. He is descended from the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels and remains a member of associations of the group. Somers graduated with a degree in the German language at the University of Ghent in 1996 followed by a master's degree in law at the Open University of the Netherlands where his thesis focused on the legal status of Taiwan.[1] He first worked as a translator and then a lawyer at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. He finally graduated with a doctorate in Belgian law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2023.[2]
While at the University of Ghent, he became active in the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging (NSV) and was a volunteer for the Vlaams Blok party faction in the Chamber of Representatives. In 2000, he was elected as a municipal councilor in Ninove for Forza Ninove (the local chapter of Vlaams Blok and later Vlaams Belang). He resigned as a councilor in 2016 citing difficulties with living abroad for his work. For the 2024 Belgian federal election he was elected to the Chamber of Representatives for the East Flanders region.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Biografische schets Werner Somers". Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Biografische schets Werner Somers". Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Preference votes". Retrieved 2024-08-22.