Kemal Bilmez | |
Office1: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives |
Constituency1: | Flemish Brabant |
Term Start1: | 9 June 2024 |
Birth Date: | 12 February 1994 |
Birth Place: | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium |
Party: | Workers' Party of Belgium |
Kemal Bilmez (born 12 February 1994) is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives.[1] A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, he has represented Flemish Brabant since June 2024.
Bilmez was born on 12 February 1994 in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and is of Turkish origin.[1] [2] He is from Dilbeek in Flemish Brabant and was a youth leader for Chiro and a board member of a youth centre in Groot-Bijgaarden.[3] [4] He worked nights as a parcel sorter for DHL at Brussels Airport but following a work accident his employment contract was renewed.[3] [5] He later worked for the Delhaize supermarket chain.[5]
Bilmez is a member of the Workers' Party of Belgium (PVDA) and helped found its branch in Dilbeek.[3] He was elected to the Chamber of Representatives at the 2024 federal election, receiving 17,297 preference votes.[6] [7]