NAME: Vanhecke, Frank.

BELGIUM

POLITICAL GROUP: Non-attached (NI).

PARTY: Vlaams Belang.

CONSTITUENCY: Nederlandstalig Kiescollege

DATE OF LATEST ELECTION: 2009.

Committees: Member of the Committee on Petitions; Member of the Delegation for Relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee; Substitute, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs; Substitute, Delegation for Relations with Iran.

Political Career: Member and Group Chairman of the Bruges City Council since 2000 and 1994-1996; Group Leader in the Senate 2003-2004; General Chairman, Vlaams Blok since 1996; Member of the European Parliament 1994-2003; Deputy Secretary-General, Technical Group of the European Right 1989-1994.

Education: Degree in Literature and Philosophy - Communication Sciences 1981.

Born: 30 May 1959, Brugge.