Allessia Claes

Allessia Claes
Member of the Flemish Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
2019
Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born (1981-11-19) 19 November 1981 (age 43)
Hasselt
NationalityBelgian
Political partyN-VA
ResidenceScherpenheuvel-Zichem

Allessia Claes (born 1981) is a Belgian politician and a member of the New Flemish Alliance.

Claes took part in elections for the first time in the municipal elections of 2012 in her hometown of Scherpenheuvel-Zichem and became a councilor for the town. She was the party leader and candidate mayor for the N-VA in the 2018 municipal elections in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem. She became party leader for the five-member N-VA faction in the city council. In those elections she also stood for the provincial council from 14th place. In the 2019 Belgian regional elections, Claes was elected as a Flemish Member of Parliament on the list of the N-VA in the Constituency of Flemish Brabant with 10,260 preference votes. She was also sent to the Senate as a state senator.[1][2][3][4]

Notes

  1. ^ "10.260 voorkeurstemmen vooor Allessia Claes (Scherpenheuvel-Zichem) - Het Nieuwsblad". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  2. ^ "Allessia Claes | Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA)" (in Dutch). N-va.be. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  3. ^ "Allessia Claes | N-VA Scherpenheuvel-Zichem" (in Dutch). Scherpenheuvel-zichem.n-va.be. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  4. ^ "Allessia Claes - Vlaams Parlement" (in Dutch). Vlaamsparlement.be. Retrieved 2021-09-26.