Allessia Claes Explained

Allessia Claes
Office:Member of the Flemish Parliament
Term Start:2019
Office1:Senator
Term Start1:2019
Birth Date:1981 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Hasselt
Nationality:Belgian
Party:N-VA
Residence:Scherpenheuvel-Zichem

Allessia Claes (born 1981) is a Belgian politician and a member of the New Flemish Alliance.

Claes took part in elections for the first time in the municipal elections of 2012 in her hometown of Scherpenheuvel-Zichem and became a councilor for the town. She was the party leader and candidate mayor for the N-VA in the 2018 municipal elections in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem. She became party leader for the five-member N-VA faction in the city council. In those elections she also stood for the provincial council from 14th place. In the 2019 Belgian regional elections, Claes was elected as a Flemish Member of Parliament on the list of the N-VA in the Constituency of Flemish Brabant with 10,260 preference votes. She was also sent to the Senate as a state senator.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 10.260 voorkeurstemmen vooor Allessia Claes (Scherpenheuvel-Zichem) - Het Nieuwsblad . Nieuwsblad.be . 2021-09-26.
  2. Web site: Allessia Claes | Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) . nl . N-va.be . 2021-09-15 . 2021-09-26.
  3. Web site: Allessia Claes | N-VA Scherpenheuvel-Zichem . nl . Scherpenheuvel-zichem.n-va.be . 2021-09-26.
  4. Web site: Allessia Claes - Vlaams Parlement . nl . Vlaamsparlement.be . 2021-09-26.