Freya Perdaens

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Freya Perdaens
Member of the Flemish Parliament
Assumed office
2019
Senator
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born (1989-01-29) 29 January 1989 (age 35)
Mechelen
NationalityBelgian
Political partyN-VA
ResidenceAntwerp

Freya Perdaens (born 29 January 1989) is a Belgian-Flemish politician active within the N-VA.

Perdaens became a member of the municipal council of Mechelen in 2016. In the municipal elections of 2018, the N-VA Mechelen department chose Perdaens as the list leader. Since then, she has served as leader of the opposition on Mechelen council as an N-VA municipal councilor.[1][2]

In the elections of 26 May 2019, Perdaens was elected as a Flemish Member of Parliament on the list of the N-VA in the Antwerp Constituency. After the election, she was designated by the N-VA as a state Senator.[3][4] Perdaens is bisexual and has focused on LGBT rights in her political career.[5]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "N-VA Mechelen verrast met Freya Perdaens als uitdager van Bart Somers". 17 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Historisch: Zes Mechelaars verkozen".
  3. ^ "Freya Perdaens | Vlaams Parlement".
  4. ^ "Freya Perdaens".
  5. ^ "Mechelaars houden charmeoffensief voor holebi's".