residence predecessor children birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse birthname image article_title name alma_mater
deurne , belgium patrick janssens geert bourgeois 4 mortsel , belgium people alliance -lrb- 2001 -- present -rrb- 's union -lrb- before 2001 -rrb- new flemish mayor of antwerp leader of the new flemish alliance 21 december 1970 1 january 2013 2004 veerle hegge bart albert liliane de wever bartdewever.jpg bart de wever
 bart de wever catholic university of leuven
bart de wever

bart albert liliane de wever -lrb- ; born 21 december 1970 -rrb- is a belgian politician .
since 2004 he has been the president of the new flemish alliance -lrb- n-va -rrb- , a belgian political party advocating independence for the flemish region of belgium within the european union ; he is also a member of the flemish parliament .
he played a prominent role in the 2007 belgian government formation and presided over his party 's victory in the 2010 federal elections when n-va became the largest party in both flanders and in belgium as a whole .
since january 2013 he has been mayor of antwerp , following the 2012 municipal elections .
