Christoph D'Haese
Christoph D'Haese | |||
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| Born | 25 February 1967 Aalst, Belgium | ||
| Nationality | Belgian | ||
| Citizenship | Belgium | ||
| Occupation | Politician | ||
| Office | Mayor of Aalst | ||
| Political party | New Flemish Alliance | ||
Christoph D'Haese (born 25 February 1967) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the New Flemish Alliance.[1]
Biography
D'Haese was born in 1967 in Aalst. He studied for a degree in law at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU-Leuven) and University of Strasbourg. He worked as a lawyer specializing in criminal law and taught law at KU-Leuven. He also served on the Bar of Dendermonde until 2013.[2][3] In 2006, he was elected to the municipal council of Aalst for the Open VLD party and became chairman of the local council. In 2011, he left the Open-VLD and joined the New Flemish Alliance.[4] In 2014, he was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the East Flanders constituency.[5]
D'Haese has also served as the mayor of Aalst since 2013. In 2019, D'Haese became involved in a dispute with UNESCO after UNESCO threatened to remove the Aalst Carnival from its world list of cultural heritage due to what was seen as anti-Semitic imagery on a float at the carnival. D'Haese argued that the floats featured at the carnival were based on satire rather than racism, however the float was condemned by fellow N-VA politician André Gantman who is Jewish.[6] Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, the Belgian independent arbitrator for matters concerning discrimination, found that no laws had been broken.[7] The incident led to widespread condemnation from multiple organizations, including the European Commission.[8]
References
- ↑ "Christoph d'Haese". 28 March 2014.
- ↑ "Alle ogen zijn nu op d'Haese gericht".
- ↑ "Christoph d'Haese". 28 March 2014.
- ↑ "Alle ogen zijn nu op d'Haese gericht".
- ↑ "DPG Media Privacy Gate".
- ↑ Moses, Claire (5 December 2019). "Anti-Semitic Imagery Could Cost Belgian Carnival Its UNESCO Status". The New York Times.
- ↑ ADN (8 March 2019). "Unia: "Aalsterse carnavalsgroep heeft geen wetten overtreden met praalwagen"". hln.be.
- ↑ "Aalst Jewish caricatures condemned by European Commission". The Brussels News. 5 March 2019.
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