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Jan Peter Peumans (born 6 January 1951) is a Flemish politician from the province of Limburg in Belgium. Being part of the Flemish Movement, he was at a young age already member of the Volksunie. He seated for that party in the Limburgish provincial council and is since 2004 a Flemish Parliament member for the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). From 2007 until 2009 he was N-VA fraction leader in the Flemish Parliament. After the elections of 7 June 2009 (which was successful for his party; and with more than 27.000 Limburgish preference votes for him), he became President of the Flemish Parliament, succeeding Marleen Vanderpoorten. In the Flemish Parliament, he worked e.g. on the case of the Antwerp Oosterweel connection. Peumans was elected most hard-working member of the Parliament in the period 2004-2009, by the newspaper De Standaard.〔(Vlaams parlementsrapport 2009 ) (Dutch)〕 On 27 January 2010, Peumans caused controversy after he was absent during a reception at the royal palace. As convinced republican he refuses to go to receptions at the king's palace,〔(De Standaard Online, 27 januari 2010, Heibel over Peumans' afwezigheid op paleis ) (Dutch)〕 although he talked to him once on the occasion of the day of the Flemish Community.〔("Een uitnodiging voor een audiëntie is iets anders" ) (Dutch)〕 On 12 September 2010, he was in Visé (just across the language border in Wallonia, close to where he lives), where he claims to have been insulted and attacked by a local because "he had no business in Wallonia". Peumans said afterwards he never expected he would be attacked due to his political points of view.〔(Jan Peumans (N-VA) aangevallen in Wallonië ) (Dutch)〕〔(Jan Peumans (N-VA) se fait agresser en Wallonie ) (French)〕 His statement is being disputed by the alleged attacker.〔(Aggression de Jan Peumans: l'auteur présumé dément ) (French)〕 == Political career == *1983–1994: Schepen in Riemst *1985–1987: Councillor in Limburg *1991–2004: Councillor in Limburg *1995–2006: Mayor of Riemst *2004–present: Member of the Flemish Parliament *2007–present: Schepen in Riemst *2007–2009: Parliamentary group leader for the New Flemish Alliance in the Flemish Parliament *2008–present: Vice President New Flemish Alliance *2009–present: President of the Flemish Parliament 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Peumans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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