Fatima Lamarti

Fatima Lamarti
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 June 2024
ConstituencyFlemish Brabant
Personal details
Born (1966-12-16) 16 December 1966 (age 57)
Vilvoorde, Belgium
Political partyVooruit

Fatima Lamarti (born 16 December 1966) is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives.[1] A member of Vooruit, she has represented Flemish Brabant since June 2024.

Lamarti was born on 16 December 1966 in Vilvoorde and is of Moroccan origin.[1][2] Her mother is from Tangier and her father is from the Rif Mountains region.[3] She was a school development worker for the municipal council in Vilvoorde for many years.[2][4] She was later a manager at a transport company.[4] She was also active in PROJO, a progressive youth organisation.[2]

Lamarti was elected to the municipal council in Vilvoorde at the 2000 local election.[2] She was re-elected at the 2006, 2012 and 2018 local elections.[5][6][7] She was Schepen (alderman) for education and social integration, Schepen for social affairs and equal opportunities, and a member of the board of directors of Incovo [nl], the local municipal waste company in northern Halle-Vilvoorde.[4][8] She was elected to the provincial council in Flemish Brabant at the 2006 local elections.[9] She was re-elected at the 2012 and 2018 local elections.[10][11] She resigned from the provincial council in July 2019.[12]

Lamarti unsuccessfully contested the 2009, 2014 and 2019 regional elections in Flemish Brabant.[13][14][15] She was elected to the Chamber of Representatives at the 2024 federal election.[16] She is contesting the 2024 local election as Vooruit's lead candidate for the provincial council in Flemish Brabant and would be required to give up her seat in the Chamber of Representatives if she is elected to the provincial council.[17]

Lamarti has three children.[3]

Electoral history of Fatima Lamarti
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2000 local[2] Vilvoorde Flemish Socialist Party 387 Elected
2006 local[5] Vilvoorde Socialist Party Different-Groen-Spirit 564 Elected
2006 provincial[9] Flemish Brabant - Vilvoorde Socialist Party Different-Spirit 2,130 Elected
2009 regional[13] Flemish Brabant Socialist Party Different 5,283 Not elected
2012 local[6] Vilvoorde Socialist Party Different-Groen 1,345 Elected
2012 provincial[10] Flemish Brabant - Vilvoorde Socialist Party Different 3,119 Elected
2014 regional[14] Flemish Brabant Socialist Party Different 7,238 Not elected
2018 local[7] Vilvoorde Socialist Party Different-Groen 1,514 Elected
2018 provincial[11] Flemish Brabant - Halle-Vivoorde Socialist Party Different 7,318 Elected
2019 regional[15] Flemish Brabant Socialist Party Different 7,312 Not elected
2024 federal[16] Flemish Brabant Vooruit 10,521 Elected
  1. ^ a b "De Kamerleden: Fatima Lamarti" (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Chamber of Representatives. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Deleebeeck, Juliaan (11 October 2000). "Vilvoorde: "Voor het Blok zal mijn zitje wel even wennen zijn"". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). Antwerp, Belgium. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Aljudhur met Fatima Lamarti: 'Je ouders achterlaten is heel erg moeilijk'". Bruzz (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium. 27 May 2022. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Voorstelling: Kandidaten provincieraads verkiezingen 2012 - Kiesdistrict Vilvoorde" (PDF) (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Socialist Party Different. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen 8 oktober 2006" (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Flemish Government. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen 14 oktober 2012" (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Flemish Government. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Lokale verkiezingen 2018: Vilvoorde - Verkozen kandidaten". Vlaanderen kiest (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Flemish Government. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Twee verkozenen van Vooruit komen uit Vilvoorde: "De Vlaamse Rand nu geven wat ons toekomt"". Ring TV (in Dutch). Vilvoorde, Belgium. 10 June 2024. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Provincieraadsverkiezingen 8 oktober 2006" (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Flemish Government. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Provincieraadsverkiezingen 14 oktober 2012" (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Flemish Government. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Provincieraadsverkiezingen 14 oktober 2018" (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Flemish Government. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Notulen: Dinsdag 17 september 2019" (PDF) (in Dutch). Leuven, Belgium: Provincieraad van Vlaams-Brabant. 17 September 2019. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Resultaat Vlaams Parlement 7 juni 2009 - Kieskring Vlaams-Brabant". Verkiezingsuitslagen (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Federal Public Service Interior. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Resultaat Vlaams Parlement 25 mei 2014 - Kieskring Vlaams-Brabant". Verkiezingsuitslagen (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Federal Public Service Interior. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Resultaat Vlaams Parlement 26 mei 2019 - Kieskring Vlaams-Brabant". Verkiezingsuitslagen (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Federal Public Service Interior. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Resultaat Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers 9 juni 2024 - Kieskring Vlaams-Brabant". Verkiezingsuitslagen (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Federal Public Service Interior. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Fatima Lamarti trekt provinciale lijst van Vooruit: "Nadruk leggen op zaken die het verschil maken"". Ring TV (in Dutch). Vilvoorde, Belgium. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.