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A press release on June 20, 2006, when the Belgian government's opposition to Home Education against Doctors Alexandra Colen and Paul Belien. Read more
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Alexandra Colen said on February 12, 2003, when she took action against LGBT people, “Stop the Perversion. We do not want our children to be asked to understand LGBT people at school.Read more
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Who is Alexandra Colen?
Alexandra Maria Catherine Colen-Belien was born in Dublin in 1955 and is a former Vlaams Belang politician. Alexandra Colen was born into a family from the Eastern Front and moved to Flanders at a young age. Colen attended the State University of Ghent to study linguistics. Colen was a member of the Language Action Committee and KVHV Ghent. She worked as an assistant at UFSIA and Ghent University after receiving her PhD in 1982. She married the independent journalist Paul Beliën in 1982.
Colen’s writings include A Syntactic and Semantic Study of English Predicative Nominals, Van Dale Groot Woordenboek Engels Nederlands (Van Dale Comprehensive English to Dutch Dictionary), and other linguistic volumes. The Flemish quarterly Secessie, published by Alexandra Colen, features articles written by Flemish academics and politicians from a range of political groups (Christian Democrats, Liberals, Flemish-Nationalists, etc.). She has lectured at the universities of Antwerp and Ghent.
Colen entered politics in 1995 to support conservative values and families. The politician was chosen to serve in the Antwerp Chamber of Representatives and served several roles up to 2014. Colen is an anti-abortion activist who became the godmother of Mothers for Mothers. She ran a campaign opposing lesbian adoption, marriage, euthanasia, and abortion. Colen resigned from Vlaams Belang in 2013 and served as an independent in parliament until 2014.
Alexandra Colen biography is illustrated in the table below.
Personal Information of Alexandra Colen | |||
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Position | Term | Preceded by | Succeeded by |
Member of Parliament | 1995 to 2014 | — | — |
Municipal Councilor (Mol) | 2006 to 2007 | — | — |