DECKMYN Johan

Member

Political party: Vlaams Belang
Country: Belgium
Chamber: Senate
Address: c/o Sonja LANGENHAECK Secrétaire de la délégation du Sénat belge auprès de l'AP-OTAN Sénat Palais de la Nation Place de la Nation 1 BE-1000 BRUXELLES
At the Assembly since: 2024
Committee(s) and Sub-Committee(s): DSC,DSC/TC
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Biography

Senator Deckmyn studied computer science at Hogeschool Gent before becoming the director of an IT company. Senator Deckmyn became active in the Vlaams Blok Jongeren (the youth wing of the former Vlaams Blok party) and the nationalist student association VSG (Flemish Students Ghent) in the 1980s. In 1994, he became a provincial councilor in East Flanders for Vlaams Blok and since 1995 he is member of the town council of Ghent. In 2004, he was elected to the Flemish parliament for the reconfigured Vlaams Belang party and remained in this role until 2014. In 2019, het was re-elected to the Flemish parliament. Since 2011, he has been the group chairman of Vlaams Belang in the Ghent city council. In 2024 he was appointed to the Belgian Senate.

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