Peter De Roover | |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1962 |
Birth Place: | Turnhout, Belgium |
Party: | N-VA (2014–present) |
Office2: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives |
Office1: | President of the Chamber of Representatives |
Termstart1: | 10 July 2024 |
Termstart2: | 19 June 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Eliane Tillieux |
Birth Name: | Peter De Roover |
Alma Mater: | University of Antwerp |
Occupation: | Economy teacher • Politician |
Otherparty: | VU (until 1988) |
Peter De Roover (born 20 May 1962) is a Belgian politician and a member of the Flemish nationalist New Flemish Alliance party. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2014.
De Roover was born in Turnhout. From 1980 to 1984, he studied economics at the Saint Ignatius University Centre, Antwerp where he was active in the Flemish nationalist Nationalistische Studentenvereniging group and helped to edit their magazine.[1] In 2014, he ran for the Belgian Federal Parliament for the N-VA party and was elected to the Chamber of Representatives for the Antwerp constituency.[2] In 2015, he was appointed treasurer of the party and in 2016 became the N-VA's group leader and spokesman in the Chamber.[3] [4] [5]