Instead of Jef Elbers, Vlaams Belang is now putting Dimitri Hoegaerts forward as a representative on the board of directors of the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF).
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Dimitri Hoegaerts (48) is a municipal councilor in Brasschaat and the partner of Member of Parliament Ellen Samyn. He also previously sat on the board of directors of VRT. According to the party, this makes him the perfect replacement for Elbers, whose candidacy was withdrawn on Monday after homophobic statements.
According to Chris Janssens, party leader in the Flemish Parliament, Hoegaerts has ‘management experience in establishing general strategy, multi-year plans and objectives of a (semi-) public institution’. Moreover, as a former director at the VRT, he is familiar with the operation of the VAF. Hoegaerts has now also been nominated as a director at the Flemish Culture House De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam.
The Flemish government still has to formally ratify candidacy today during a (digital) council of ministers.
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