Pierre Kompany Explained

Pierre Kompany
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Order:Mayor of Ganshoren
Successor:Jean-Paul Van Laethem
Term Start:2018
Term End:2022
Order2:Representative in the Brussels Parliament
Term Start2:2014
Birth Date:8 September 1947
Birth Place:Costermansville, Belgian Congo
Nationality:Belgian
Alma Mater:University of Kinshasa
Profession:Politician
Children:Vincent Kompany
François Kompany
Christel Kompany
Party:Les Engagés,
Humanist Democratic Centre (former)

Pierre Kompany (born 8 September 1947) is a Belgian politician of Les Engagés and formerly the Humanist Democratic Centre. He was elected mayor of Ganshoren in 2018 and is the father of the footballers Vincent Kompany and François Kompany. He is the first Congolese mayor in Belgium.[1] [2]

Kompany was born in the Belgian Congo and came to Belgium in 1975 as a political refugee from Zaïre, where he had been interned for opposing dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.[3] He drove a taxi while studying for a mechanical engineering degree to support his wife and three children.[4] Kompany faced racism for marrying Jocelyne, a rural white woman.[3] The couple divorced when Vincent Kompany was 14 and she died when he was 20.[3]

In 2014, he was elected to the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region, and he was re-elected in 2019.[5]

He was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in the 2024 Belgian federal election.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vincent Kompany's father elected as first black mayor in Belgium. Boffey. Daniel. 15 October 2018. the Guardian. en. 15 October 2018.
  2. Web site: Belgio, il padre di Vincent Kompany primo sindaco nero del Paese. Redazione. Sport. 15 October 2018. corriere.it. it. 15 October 2018.
  3. News: Linton . Deborah . At home with Vincent Kompany: 'Setbacks, racism – everything fed my fire' . 13 May 2024 . The Guardian . 18 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Mbamalu . Socrates . Pierre Kompany, a Congolese ex refugee is Belgium's first black Mayor . This Is Africa . his Is Africa . 19 October 2018 . 18 October 2018.
  5. News: Notre grande interview avec Pierre Kompany, le papa de Vincent: «Les disputes politiques à propos de Good Move n'aident pas le citoyen» . 13 May 2024 . Sud Info . 20 November 2022 . French.