English name:

Flemish Liberals and Democrats

Address:

Melsenstraat 34

1000 Brussels

Telephone:

00 32 2 549 0020

Fax:

00 32 2 512 6025

E-mail:

vld@vld.be

Homepage on the World Wide Web:

http://www.vld.be/vld/

Leader:

Guy Verhofstadt

President:

Guy Verhofstadt

Secretary-General:

Mr Geert Versnick

Treasurer:

Mr Leo Goovaerts

Responsible for Women’s Issues:

Ms Iris Van Riet

International Relations Secretary:

Mr Frank van den Eeckhaut

- direct telephone number:

00 32 2 549 0020

- direct fax number:

00 32 2 512 6025

- direct e-mail address:

vld@vld.be

Party Newspaper:

Nieuwsbrief / Burgerkrant

- editor:

Mr Stefan Ector/Mr Nico Burssens

Foundation or Thinktank:

Paul Hymans Centrum

- Director:

Mr Herman de Croo

Date of the last general Elections:

21 May 1995

- Votes:

798363

- Percentage:

13.15

- Number of seats in parliament:

Parliament 21/150 Senate 10/71

- Date of the next general Elections:

June 1999

Membership:

80000

- Telephone

00 32 2 519 8401

- Fax

00 32 2 519 8802

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Foreign Policy):

Mr Bert Cornelis

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Defence):

Mr Bert Cornelis

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Human Rights):

Mr Bert Cornelis

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Int. Economic Affairs):

Mr Bert Cornelis

Government or Opposition:

Opposition

Information last updated on 12/09/96