Theo Francken

Quick Facts

Full Name	Theo Francken
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 7, 1978(1978-02-07)
Age	46
Birthplace	Lubbeek
Country	Belgium
Birth City	Flemish Region
Horoscope	Aquarius

Theo Francken Biography

Theo Francken is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 7, 1978 in Lubbeek, Flemish Region, Belgium. Theo Francken (born 7 February 1978 in Lubbeek, Flemish Brabant) is a Belgian politician in the liberal-conservative and pro-Flemish independence “New Flemish Alliance political party (NVA) N-VA, currently the biggest party in Belgium.

Theo Francken has been the source of numerous controversy in his time in the post of Secretary of State. In October 2014, a number of left-wing politics PS, PTB and FDF demanded the resignation of Francken as well as Ben Weyts’ resignation after they were both present at the celebration of Bob Maes, a former member of the Vlaams Nationaal Verbond, a party that partnered with the Nazis during the Second World War. A majority of the Christian Democratic CD&V and CDH as well as along with the more moderate MR and VLD and Green party ECOLO as well as Groen! and the extreme-right Vlaams Belang party did not consider the visit to be dangerous, considering that Bob Maes was a mere 19 when World War Two ended and was never tried for his involvement to the Nazis.

In his second year in office, 2015, Theo Francken was confronted with the European Migration Crisis, that brought a record of 44.660 asylum seekers to Belgium according to Eurostat data. In order to fulfill Belgium’s European obligation under the Reception Conditions Directive EU directive for the reception of asylum seekers, Theo Francken set out to double the reception capacity of Belgium in a matter of months, working closely together with then Minister of Defence Steven Vandeput, who put numerous army barracks at the disposal of Theo Francken to house new arrivals of asylum seekers.

After the 2017 Catalan independence referendum Francken commented that Catalonians, including Carles Puigdemont, could ask for asylum in Belgium. The Prime Minister then asked the Secretary not to add fuel to the fire.[8] In January 2019, one month after his departure as Secretary of State for Asylum, Migration and Administrative Simplification, Francken was questioned as a witness by Belgian judicial authorities in connection with an investigation into possible fraud involving humanitarian visas by one of his closest aides. The suspect, Melikan Kucan, was one of several external people entrusted to advise Francken’s cabinet with regard to identifying Christian Syrian refugees from war affected regions in Syria that could be offered humanitarian visa from Belgium.[9] Kucam was accused of asking money to put Syrian Christians on the list. However, he denied any such actions and was released from preliminary custody in October 2019. As of December, the investigation is still pending, no date for the trial has been scheduled.

In the municipal elections of 2012, he once again led N-VA to the ballot box in his hometown town of Lubbeek. With 25,68% of ballots, N-VA became the biggest party in Lubbeek. Theo Francken became mayor of Lubbeek in January of 2013.

Theo Francken Net Worth

Theo Francken is one of the richest Politician from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Theo Francken 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Theo Francken does not hail from an political family. His parents were not active in politics. Theo Francken acquired his interest in politics while attending high school, when he was inspired by his teachers in history who instructed his students on the struggles of Flemings to secure the rights of linguistics and culture in the Belgian state in between the 19th and 20th century. After graduating from the university, Francken became a scientific collaborator with N-VA in the Flemish parliament (2001 to 2004). From 2005 till 2008 he was councillor and from 2009 till 2010 deputy head of cabinet in with Flemish Vice-Minister-President Geert Bourgeois, focussing on issues such as integration policy. Theo Francken founded a local N-VA-branch in his hometown Lubbeek and led it to the polls during the municipal elections in 2006. But with only 4,96% of votes cast, N-VA could not gain any seats on city council.

The federal elections took place in the year 2010, Theo Francken was head of the list of candidates for Vlaams-Brabant province and was campaigning on issues such as immigration, asylum and integration. Achieving 13.164 personal votes, he became elected in the Belgian Federal Parliament, the Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers. Theo Francken was a very outspoken new member of the Parliament, and worked to change Belgium’s notoriously lenient migration laws more stringent by enacting stricter laws regarding family reunification, as well as a tighter procedure for acquiring an Belgian nationality.

At the federal elections in 2014, Theo Francken achieved 44.489 votes and once again became elected in the Belgian Federal Parliament. Subsequently, he entered the government on 11 October 2014, as State Secretary for Asylum, Migration, and Administrative Simplification in the federal government Regering-Michel I.

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Who is Theo Francken Dating?

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Theo Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Theo Francken celebrates birthday on February 7 of every year.