Freya Perdaens | |
Office: | Member of the Flemish Parliament |
Term Start: | 2019 |
Office1: | Senator |
Term Start1: | 2019 |
Birth Date: | 1989 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Mechelen |
Nationality: | Belgian |
Party: | N-VA |
Residence: | Antwerp |
Freya Perdaens (born 29 January 1989) is a Belgian-Flemish politician active within the N-VA.
Perdaens became a member of the municipal council of Mechelen in 2016. In the municipal elections of 2018, the N-VA Mechelen department chose Perdaens as the list leader. Since then, she has served as leader of the opposition on Mechelen council as an N-VA municipal councilor.[1] [2]
In the elections of 26 May 2019, Perdaens was elected as a Flemish Member of Parliament on the list of the N-VA in the Antwerp Constituency. After the election, she was designated by the N-VA as a state Senator.[3] [4] Perdaens is bisexual and has focused on LGBT rights in her political career.[5]