Raoul Hedebouw

Raoul Hedebouw (born 12 July 1977) is a Belgian politician of the Workers' Party of Belgium (PVDA-PTB).[1]

Raoul Hedebouw
Member of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
Assumed office
25 May 2014
Member of the City Council of Liège
Assumed office
14 October 2012
National spokesperson of Workers' Party of Belgium
Assumed office
2008
Personal details
Born
Raoul Hedebouw

(1977-07-12) 12 July 1977
Liège, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Political partyWorkers' Party of Belgium
Occupationbiologist, politician

Youth

Raoul Hedebouw was born in Liège to Flemish parents, WPB activists who moved to Liège to establish the party in the Walloon region. Hedebouw grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Herstal and was raised bilingually in both Dutch and French. He studied biology at the University of Liège, and became politically active during student strikes against the reforms of the then Minister of Higher Education Michel Lebrun.

Political career

Hedebouw joined the far-left PVDA-PTB and became its spokesperson in 2008. He was first elected as council member in Liège after the local elections of 2012. After the federal elections of 2014 he became one of the first two federal MPs for the PVDA-PTB. Hedebouw often gives his speeches in the Chamber in both Dutch and French, changing from one language to the other between sentences. When preparing for a speech for workers' day on 1 May he was stabbed in the leg. The damage was limited and Hedebouw was able to finish his speech before being taken to hospital.[2]

Notes
  1. "personal fiche" (in French).
  2. "Walloon lawmaker attacked with a knife on Labour Day".


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