Bart De Wever

Bart De Wever
De Wever in 2014
Mayor of Antwerp
Assumed office
1 January 2013
Preceded byPatrick Janssens
Member of the Chamber of Representatives[1]
In office
19 June 2014 – 9 June 2019
In office
28 June 2010 – 7 May 2014
Member of the Antwerp City Council
Assumed office
2007
Member of the Flemish Parliament
In office
7 June 2009 – 24 May 2014
In office
6 July 2004 – 28 June 2007
Member of the Belgian Senate
In office
6 July 2010 – 9 January 2013
Member of the Berchem District Council
In office
1996–1997
Member of the Flemish Parliament
Assumed office
2 October 2019
Personal details
Born
Bart Albert Liliane De Wever

(1970-12-21) 21 December 1970 (age 53)
Mortsel, Belgium
Political partyNew Flemish Alliance (2001–present)
Other political
affiliations
People's Union (Before 2001)
SpouseVeerle Hegge
Children4
ResidenceDeurne, Belgium
Alma materCatholic University of Leuven

Bart Albert Liliane De Wever (Dutch: [ˈbɑr ˈʋeːvər]; born 21 December 1970) is a Belgian politician. Since 2004, De Wever has been the leader of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), a political party advocating for the transformation of Belgium into a confederal state.[2] He is also a member of the Chamber of Representatives. De Wever presided over his party's victory in the 2010 federal elections when N-VA became the largest party in both Flanders and in Belgium as a whole. He accomplished this again in the subsequent 3 elections, eventually being tasked with forming a new government by King Philippe following the 2024 elections.[3]

Since January 2013, he has been Mayor of Antwerp, following the 2012 municipal elections.

  1. ^ "Bart De Wever". www.dekamer.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Face à de Wever, Magnette assure qu'il ne discutera "pas une seconde" de confédéralisme".
  3. ^ "Belgian government talks begin with Flemish nationalist Bart De Wever at the helm". 2024-07-10. Retrieved 2024-07-10.