Jan Peumans
Jan Peumans was born on 6th January 1951 in Maastricht (The Netherlands). He is currently president of the Flemish Parliament and Community Senator in Belgium for the Flemish nationalist party (N-VA).
Political Career
Since 1983 Peumans has been a councillor in Riemst. He was mayor of Riemst from 1995 to 2006, and alderman from 1983 to 1994 and then from 2007 to 2012. Since 2004 Peumans has been a member of the Flemish Parliament and since 2009 president of the Flemish Parliament. After the elections on May 25th 2014 he was appointed as Community Senator in the Belgian Senate for the Flemish nationalists (N-VA).
Education
He graduated in political and social sciences at the KU Leuven.
