Bart De Wever

Bart De Wever
De Wever in 2014
Mayor of Antwerp
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2013
Preceded by	Patrick Janssens
Leader of the New Flemish Alliance
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 October 2004
Preceded by	Geert Bourgeois
Member of the Chamber of Representatives[1]
In office 19 June 2014 – 9 June 2019
In office 28 June 2010 – 7 May 2014
Member of the Antwerp City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 2007
Member of the Flemish Parliament
In office 7 June 2009 – 24 May 2014
In office 6 July 2004 – 28 June 2007
Member of the Belgian Senate
In office 6 July 2010 – 9 January 2013
Member of the Berchem District Council
In office 1996–1997
Member of the Flemish Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 October 2019
Personal details
Born	Bart Albert Liliane De Wever (1970-12-21) 21 December 1970 (age 53) Mortsel, Belgium
Political party	New Flemish Alliance (2001–present)
Other political affiliations	People's Union (Before 2001)
Spouse	Veerle Hegge
Children	4
Residence	Deurne, Belgium
Alma mater	Catholic University of Leuven

Bart Albert Liliane De Wever (Dutch: [ˈbɑrt də ˈʋeːvər] born 21 December 1970) is a Belgian politician. Since 2004, De Wever has been the leader of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), a political party advocating for the transformation of Belgium into a confederal state.^[2] He is also a member of the Chamber of Representatives. De Wever 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.