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Annick Ponthier
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Assumed office
26 May 2019
Personal details
Born (1971-10-24) 24 October 1971 (age 53)
Bilzen, Belgium
Political partyVlaams Belang

Annick Ponthier (born 21 October 1971) is a Belgian politician has served as an MP for Vlaams Belang in the Chamber of Representatives since 2019.

She obtained a degree in business translation from the Higher Trade and Language Institute (HHTI) in Genk.[1]

In 2009, Ponthier became a member of the Chamber of Representatives. She continued to hold this position until 2014. In the 2014 elections, she was a candidate for the Flemish Parliament but was not elected. She subsequently became a political assistant for Vlaams Belang. She was also a provincial councilor for the province of Limburg from 2006 to 2009 and has been a municipal councilor of Bilzen since 2007.[2] In addition, she was in 2011 president of the Vlaams Belang in Limburg and a member of the party executive board. In the 2019 elections, Ponthier was the leader of the Limburg Parliamentary List of Vlaams Belang.[3][4] She was re-elected to the Chamber with nearly 27,500 preference votes.[5][6]

In 2020 Ponthier received a letter containing a mysterious powder substance along with other VB leader Tom Van Grieken. She was given police protection as a result.[7]

References

Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Vlaams Belang politicians Category:Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament Category:21st-century Belgian politicians Category:Flemish politicians