Marijke Dillen Explained

Marijke Dillen
Office:Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Term Start:2019
Office1:Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Term Start1:1991
Term End1:1995
Office2:Member of the Flemish Parliament
Term Start2:1995
Term End2:2014
Birth Name:Marijke Elisabeth Rudolf Dillen
Birth Place:Mortsel, Belgium
Party:Vlaams Belang (2004-present)
Vlaams Blok (1989-2004)

Marijke Elisabeth Rudolf Dillen (born 11 December 1960) is a Belgian politician and lawyer who serves as a member of the Chamber of Representatives for Vlaams Belang.

She is the daughter of Karel Dillen, the founder of the Vlaams Blok. In 1978 she graduated with a degree in Latin Greek humanities from the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Institute in Antwerp before obtaining a law degree from the UFSIA in 1983. She registered as a lawyer at the Antwerp Bar.[1] Dillen became active in the former Vlaams Blok and was elected as an MP for the party in the Chamber of Representatives in 1991.[2] During the first ever Flemish Parliament elections in 1995, she was elected for the Antwerp constituency for Vlaams Blok, and then subsequently Vlaams Belang after Vlaams Blok was dissolved before resigning in 2014 and giving her seat to Jan Penris.[3] [4] During the 2019 Belgian federal election, Dillen was returned to the Chamber of Representatives on the Antwerp constituency list.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biografie Marijke Dillen.
  2. Web site: Marijke DILLEN Vlaams Blok, Schilde, 43. De Standaard.
  3. Web site: Ze werken voor jou - Marijke Dillen. April 7, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407094615/http://www.zewerkenvoorjou.be/parlementair.php?i=1805. 2014-04-07.
  4. Web site: Marijke Dillen (Vlaams Belang). Vlaams. Parlement. www.vlaamsparlement.be.
  5. Web site: Verkiezingen 2019: Deze politici zijn verkozen in de Kamer. Het Nieuwsblad.