Order of Flemish Militants

Order of Flemish Militants
Vlaamse Militanten Orde
Also known as"Flemish Militants Organisation"
LeaderBob Maes (1949–70)
Bert Eriksson (1971–83)
Foundation1949 (1949)
Dissolved1983 (1983)
CountryFlanders, Belgium
IdeologyFlemish nationalism
Neo-Nazism
Racism
Anticommunism
Xenophobia
Political positionFar-right
Major actions
StatusInactive
Succeeded by
Odal Group, Voorpost

The Order of Flemish Militants (Dutch: Vlaamse Militanten Orde or VMO) – originally the Flemish Militants Organisation (Vlaamse Militanten Organisatie) – was a Flemish nationalist activist group in Belgium defending far-right interests by propaganda and political action. Established in 1949, they helped found the People's Union (Dutch: Volksunie or VU) in 1954, a Belgian political party. The links between the extremist VMO and the VU lessened as the party moved towards the centre. In later decades the VMO would become linked to neo-Nazism and a series of paramilitary attacks on immigrants and leftists before disappearing by the late 1980s.