Wim Van der Donckt explained

Wim Van der Donckt (born Oudenaarde, June 6, 1965) is a Belgian-Flemish lawyer and politician for the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) party.

Biography

Van der Donckt graduated with a law degree from KU Leuven. In 1995 he co-founded a law firm in Lier and in 2000 he became a deputy judge at the Mechelen Police Court. From 2002 to 2016 he was a member of the Council of the Order of the Bar of Mechelen, of which he was secretary, and from 2016 to 2017 he was also a member of the High Council of Justice (Belgium).[1]

From 2015 to 2017, he was chairman of the N-VA branch of the district of Mechelen and he also became a member of the party's national party council.[2] In the 2014 Belgian federal elections, he stood in third place on N-VA Chamber list for the province of Antwerp. In March 2017, he became a member of the Chamber of Representatives replacing Zuhal Demir, who became State Secretary in the Michel I Government.[3] In 2019, he returned to the Chamber to replace Jan Jambon who resigned to become Minister-President of Flanders.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.advocatenkantoor-mattijs.be/nl/advocaten/31-wim-van-der-donckt Fiche Wim van der Donckt
  2. https://www.n-va.be/wie-is-wie/wim-van-der-donckt-1 Fiche Wim van der Donckt
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20170618154145/http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=%2Fdepute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm%3Fkey%3D06595&lactivity=54 Fiche Van der Donckt
  4. https://www.hln.be/regio/bonheiden/bonheidenaars-vaganee-en-van-der-donckt-op-kieslijsten-van-n-va~a283c24e/ Bonheidenaars Vaganée en Van der Donckt op kieslijsten N-VA