Jeremie Vaneeckhout Explained

Jeremie Vaneeckhout
Office:Party Co-president of Groen with Nadia Naji
Country:Belgium
Predecessor:Meyrem Almaci
Constituency1:West Flanders
Termstart1:18 June 2019
Birth Date:4 June 1985
Birth Place:Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium
Party:Groen
Office1:Member of the Flemish Parliament
Term Start:11 June 2022

Jeremie Vaneeckhout (pronounced as /nl/; born 4 June 1985 in Waregem) is a Belgian politician and co-president of Groen together with Nadia Naji.

Vaneeckhout started his political career as a staffer at Groen. First as a local organizer, afterwards as a staff member for representative Kristof Calvo.

He stood as a candidate in the 2012 and 2018 Belgian local elections in his home town Anzegem, and was elected both times to the town council.[1] [2] Between 2013 and his election as a Member of the Flemish Parliament in 2019, he was a schepen in Anzegem.

In 2014 he was elected deputy party chair of Groen, alongside party chair Meyrem Almaci, with 60 percent of the votes cast by party members.[3] He was succeeded as deputy party chair by Dany Neudt in 2019.

In the 2019 Belgian regional elections Vaneeckhout was the main candidate in the West Flanders constituency for Groen. He was elected a Member of the Flemish Parliament with 7387 preference votes.[4] In 2024 he was re-elected for a second term with 7903 preference votes.[5]

On 11 June 2022 he was elected party co-president of Groen, together with Nadia Naji.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anzegem | gemeenteraad | Lokale verkiezingen 2012. vlaanderenkiest.be. Mar 18, 2024.
  2. Web site: Anzegem | gemeenteraad | Lokale verkiezingen 2018. vlaanderenkiest.be. Mar 18, 2024.
  3. News: 15 November 2014 . Meyrem Almaci nieuwe voorzitter Groen . . NL.
  4. Web site: West-Vlaanderen | kieskring | Vlaams Parlement 2019. vlaanderenkiest.be. Mar 18, 2024.
  5. Web site: Preference votes | Elections 2024. Federal Public Service Interior. Jul 10, 2024.
  6. News: 11 June 2022 . Groen heeft nieuw voorzittersduo. . NL.