Bjorn Anseeuw | |
Office1: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives |
Term Start1: | 26 May 2019 |
Office2: | Member of the Flemish Parliament |
Term Start2: | 2014 |
Term End2: | 2019 |
Birth Date: | 1976 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Ostend |
Nationality: | Belgian |
Party: | N-VA (2001-) Volksunie (before 2001) |
Website: | https://www.n-va.be/wie-is-wie/bjorn-anseeuw |
Björn Anseeuw (born 17 September 1976)[1] is a Belgian politician and a member of the Member of the Chamber of Representatives for the Flemish nationalist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) party.
Anseeuw was born in Ostend and grew up in Gistel. His father was a local politician in Gistel for the Volksunie (VU) and later the N-VA. Anseeuw was a member of the VU's youth wing. He studied nursing at the Katholieke Hogeschool Vives Noord and worked as a psychiatric nurse. He was also a parliamentary assistant to N-VA politician Nadia Sminate.[2]
In the municipal elections of 2012, Anseeuw was elected as a councilor in Ostend for the N-VA.[3] In June 2014, he was elected to the Flemish Parliament where he sat on the committees for public health and Housing, Poverty Policy and Equal Opportunities.[4] In 2019, he left the Flemish Parliament after being elected to the Chamber of Representatives for the West Flanders constituency. In parliament, he serves on the Social Affairs Committee.[5] [6]