Sofie Joosen

Sofie Joosen
Member of the Flemish Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 May 2014
Mayor of Duffel
Incumbent
Assumed office
2018
Personal details
Born (1986-04-07) 7 April 1986 (age 38)
Duffel
NationalityBelgian
Political partyN-VA
ResidenceDuffel

Sofie Joosen (born April 7, 1986 ) is a Belgian politician for the N-VA.

Joosen trained as a dental assistant before getting involved in politics. She was a board member for the N-VA in her hometown of Duffel and was co-founder of the local Jong N-VA youth wing branch.[1][2] In the municipal elections of 2012, she was elected as a municipal councilor of Duffel. After the municipal elections of 2018, Joosen became mayor of Duffel, making her the youngest mayor of a town in Belgium at the time.[1] Since the 2014 Belgian regional elections, she has been a member of the Flemish Parliament for the Antwerp list. In the parliament, she focuses on matters related to housing.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Verbeeck, Antoon (2019-01-03). "Sofie Joosen - Enige vrouw is ook de jongste burgemeester". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  2. ^ "Sofie Joosen - Vlaams Parlement". Archived from the original on 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  3. ^ "Home". sofiejoosen.be.
  4. ^ "Sofie Joosen - Vlaams Parlement". Archived from the original on 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-24.