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portrait parliament building in strasbourg . of mark demesmaeker after a tour of the http://www.markdemesmaeker.be/ frieda brepoels european flemish piet de bruyn halle , flemish brabant the dutch-speaking electoral college n-va belgian member of the flemish parliament 12 september 1958 1 february 2013 june 2004 halle mark demesmaeker.jpg mark demesmaeker
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mark demesmaeker

mark demesmaeker -lrb- ; born 12 september 1958 in halle , flemish brabant -rrb- is a belgian politician affiliated to the new flemish alliance -lrb- n-va -rrb- .
he was elected as a member of the flemish parliament in 2004 and reelected in 2009 .
in 2013 , demesmaeker left the flemish parliament to replace frieda brepoels -lrb- who became mayor of bilzen -rrb- as member of the european parliament .
he was directly elected in 2014 to keep this position .
in 2006 , he was elected to the city council of halle and became alderman .
in 2012 , he was reelected with the most preference votes , but a coalition was formed without his party .
previously he had been a teacher as well as a television presenter for vrt and vtm .
