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| == Political career == | == Political career == |
| === National politics === | === National politics === |
| As a pupil and a student, Van Grieken was active in the NJSV and the [[Nationalistische Studentenvereniging|NSV]], eventually becoming national president of the NSV. Van Grieken became a member of [[Vlaams Blok]] in 2003 as a teenager and subsequently joined its successor [[Vlaams Belang]]. After his studies, Van Grieken was elected national president of the Vlaams Belang Jongeren, the youth wing of ''Vlaams Belang''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=dmf20140919_01276652 |title=Partijraad kiest zaterdag tussen 2 kandidaat-voorzitters|language=nl|newspaper= [[Het Nieuwsblad]]|date= 19 September 2014}}</ref> In September 2014, he was nominated by the party's council to become the party's new leader.<ref>[http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/Politics/140920_Van_Grieken Young MP to lead far-right Vlaams Belang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014092...vrtnieuws.english/Politics/140920_Van_Grieken |date=27 September 2014 }} FlandersNews.be, 20 September 2014</ref> At the party's congress in October he ran unopposed and obtained 93% of the votes, becoming Belgium's youngest party leader ever.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lesoir.be/684441/article/actualite/fil-info/fil-info-belgique/2014-10-19/tom-van-grieken-designe-nouveau-president-du-vlaams-belang |title=Tom Van Grieken désigné nouveau président du Vlaams Belang|language=fr|newspaper= [[Le Soir]]|date= 19 October 2014}}</ref> | As a pupil and a student, Van Grieken was active in the NJSV and the [[Nationalistische Studentenvereniging|NSV]], eventually becoming national president of the NSV. Van Grieken became a member of [[Vlaams Blok]] in 2003 as a teenager and subsequently joined its successor [[Vlaams Belang]]. After his studies, Van Grieken was elected national president of the Vlaams Belang Jongeren, the youth wing of ''Vlaams Belang''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=dmf20140919_01276652 |title=Partijraad kiest zaterdag tussen 2 kandidaat-voorzitters|language=nl|newspaper= [[Het Nieuwsblad]]|date= 19 September 2014}}</ref> In September 2014, he was nominated by the party's council to become the party's new leader.<ref>[http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/Politics/140920_Van_Grieken Young MP to lead far-right Vlaams Belang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014092...vrtnieuws.english/Politics/140920_Van_Grieken |date=27 September 2014 }} FlandersNews.be, 20 September 2014</ref> At the party's congress in October he ran unopposed and obtained 93% of the votes, becoming Belgium's youngest party leader ever.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://https://www.brusselstimes.com/1007260/tom-van-grieken-an-interview-with-the-man-who-wants-to-destroy-belgium|title= Tom Van Grieken: An interview with the man who wants to destroy Belgium|newspaper= [[The Brussels Times]]|date= April 17, 2024}}</ref> |
| Although initially known as a hardliner within the party, he has since attempted to moderate the VB's image as leader in order to break the ''[[Cordon sanitaire (politics)|cordon sanitaire]]'' imposed on the party, stating "There is no cordon sanitaire around our ideas, but there is about our style."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20141019_01329230 |title=BIO {{!}} Wie is Tom Van Grieken?|language=nl|newspaper=[[Het Nieuwsblad]]|date= 19 September 2014}}</ref> | Although initially known as a hardliner within the party, he has since attempted to moderate the VB's image as leader in order to break the ''[[Cordon sanitaire (politics)|cordon sanitaire]]'' imposed on the party, stating "There is no cordon sanitaire around our ideas, but there is about our style."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20141019_01329230 |title=BIO {{!}} Wie is Tom Van Grieken?|language=nl|newspaper=[[Het Nieuwsblad]]|date= 19 September 2014}}</ref> |
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