Fons Borginon (born Lier, July 12, 1966) is a Belgian politician. He is married to Kristin Ex and father of three children: Hendrik, Irene and Margreet. He was awarded a master of laws degree by the University of Leuven, Belgium, as well as a master of legal studies in comparative and European law by the University of Florence, Italy. Fons Borginon was also granted by his majesty, Albert II, king of Belgium, knighthood in the Leopold's Order. Image File history File linksMetadata Fons_Borginon. ... Lier (French: Lierre) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree that allows someone to specialize in a particular area of law. ... The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven in English - also the translated name of its French-speaking sister university) or K.U. Leuven is a Flemish university, located in the town of Leuven in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking (northern) region of Belgium. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... The University of Florence (Università degli Studi di Firenze, UNIFI) is one of the largest and oldest universities in Italy. ... Albert II, King of the Belgians (Albert Félix Humbert Théodore Chrétien Eugène Marie de Belgique), (born June 6, 1934), is a European constitutional monarch and the current King of the Belgians. ... The Leopolds Order (Leopoldsorde in Dutch) is one of the three Belgian national honorary Orders. ...

He started his political career in the KVHV Fraternity, a Flemish nationalist students association. He also became the chief editor of Tegenstroom ("Upstream" in Dutch), a nationwide distributed newsletter which advocates Flemish independence from Belgium. After his university years, Fons Borginon joined the Flemish National Party, the now-defunct Volksunie, of which he even became chairman. After the collapse of the Volksunie due to internal problems in 2002, he became member of the left-liberal party SPIRIT, one of the two Volksunie-successors, before finally joining the VLD in the same year. Flanders (Flemish, Fleming) (Dutch: Vlaanderen (Vlaams, Vlaming)) has two main designations: a geographical region in the north of Belgium, corresponding to the Flemish Region, a consituent part of the federal Belgian state. ... // Nationalism is an ideology that holds that (ethnically or culturally defined) nations are the fundamental units for human social life, and makes certain cultural and political claims based upon that belief; in particular, the claim that the nation is the only legitimate basis for the state, and that each nation... Volksunie was a Belgian political party. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism or a state or quality of this ideology. ... The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning breath. ... The Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten or VLD (Flemish Liberals and Democrats) is a Flemish liberal party, created in 1992 from the former PVV and a few other politicians from other parties. ...

Fons Borginon is a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives since 1995, a member of the Berchem County Council (the legislative body of one of Antwerp's districts) since 2001, chairman of the VLD Berchem since 2004 and VLD floor leader in the Belgian Parliament since 2006. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: de Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers, French: la Chambre des Représentants) is one of the two chambers of the Belgian Federal Parliament. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antwerp in Belgium Berchem in Greater Antwerp Berchem is the southern part of the city of Antwerp in the Flemish region of Belgium. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Belgian Baroque painter Rubens. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... ... The Belgian Federal Parliament is a bicameral parliament, it consists of two chambers. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Personal Webpage
• VLD National Webpage
• VLD Berchem Webpage