birth_place nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
aarschot , belgium belgium rik daems 18 august 1959 rik daems
 hendrik jules joseph daems politician
rik daems

hendrik jules joseph `` rik '' daems -lrb- born 18 august 1959 -rrb- is a flemish painter , wine trader and politician .
he is a member of the belgian chamber of representatives for the flemish liberals and democrats -lrb- vld -rrb- and member of the city council of leuven .
rik daems ' father , jos daems , was a senator and secretary of state for the party for freedom and progress -lrb- pvv -rrb- .
rik daems studied latin-mathematics at the keerbergen high school -lrb- 1977 -rrb- .
afterwards he studied at the solvay business school of the vrije universiteit brussel .
