Wouter Raskin Explained

Wouter Raskin
Office:Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Term Start:2014
Birth Date:1972
Birth Place:Bilzen
Nationality:Belgian
Citizenship:Belgium
Party:New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)

Wouter Raskin (born 4 January 1972, in Bilzen) is a Belgian-Flemish politician and a member of the New Flemish Alliance party.[1]

Biography

Raskin was born in Bilzen and studied economics at Hasselt University. He then worked as a coordinator for a social economic company in Sint-Truiden and became an advisor to the N-VA in 2010.[2] In the 2014 Belgian federal election, he was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the Limburg constituency.[3] In 2019, he was re-elected to the Chamber on second place on the Limburg list.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [N] de Belgische Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers . www.dekamer.be . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225939/http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=%2Fdepute&language=nl&rightmenu=right_depute&cfm=cvview54.cfm%3Fkey%3D06498&lactivity=54 . 23 September 2015 . dead.
  2. Web site: Wouter Raskin. February 7, 2014. Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA).
  3. http://asp.hbvl.be/Limburg/3740/artikel.asp?art=%7B25ED5515-05B2-4B6F-AC4A-D19D32F9354A%7D
  4. Web site: Raskin en Grosemans op twee bij N-VA, Peter Luykx en Werner Janssen wellicht aan de kant geschoven. www.hbvl.be.