Stefaan Van Hecke
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Stefaan Van Hecke is a Flemish politician. He is member of the Belgium parliament (Chamber of Representatives) for the ecological party Groen!. He was first elected in June 2007.
His political career started in 1990, when he joined "Agalev" (the then so-called green party in Flanders) in his home town Merelbeke. In 1992 he founded "Jong Agalev", the youngsters division of the green party, in Merelbeke. In 1996 he was elected into the provincial counsil. He kept that mandate until 2006.
In the local and provincial elections in Merelbeke, Stefaan Van Hecke changed the provincial counsil for the city counsil. He led his party to a glorious victory, achieving almost 14% of the votes, which was never seen before for a green party in Flanders. This victory led directly to him being chosen to lead Groen! in the provincial constituancy of Eastern Flanders for the national parliament. After a hard campaign, Stefaan Van Hecke was elected.
