Peter Logghe Explained

Peter Logghe
Birth Date:20 March 1959
Birth Place:Torhout, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Party:Vlaams Blok (1993-2004)
Vlaams Belang (2004-)
Term Start:10 June 2007
Term End:25 May 2014

Peter Logghe (born 20 March 1959) is a Belgian politician of the Vlaams Belang party.

Biography

Logghe holds a financial law degree from the University of Ghent. He worked as a legal advisor to the KBC Group before becoming the editor of the conservative political magazine TeKoS. As a student, Logghe was a board member of the student nationalist Nationalistische Studentenvereniging movement.[1]

He was initially a member of the short-lived Flemish People's Party (VVP) founded by Lode Claes before becoming a member of Vlaams Blok which succeeded the VVP. He then became a member of the Blok's successor Vlaams Belang in 2004 and was secretary of the party in Roeselare. In the 2007 Belgian federal election Logghe became a member of the Chamber of Representatives for the West Flanders constituency. He was re-elected in 2007 and 2010, but lost his seat in the 2014 election when the Vlaams Belang suffered a major defeat. He is a municipal councilor for the Vlaams Belang in Roeselare.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090520164640/http://www.peterlogghe.be/ Officiƫle website
  2. https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&rightmenu=right_depute&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=01237&lactivity=53