Karel Dillen
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Karel Dillen | |
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Born | Karel Cornelia Constentijn Dillen 16 October 1925 |
Died | 27 April 2007 Schilde, Belgium | (aged 81)
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation | politician |
Karel Cornelia Constantijn Dillen (16 October 1925 – 27 April 2007) was a far-right Belgian politician and Flemish nationalist.
Life
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In 1977 he established the Vlaams Nationale Partij (Flemish National Party), which became Vlaams Blok at the elections of 1978. He was president of the Vlaams Blok (later reformed as Vlaams Belang) until he appointed Frank Vanhecke as his successor in 1996.
Karel Dillen was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) between 1994 and 2004, and vice-chairman of the Technical Fraction of the European Right, together with among others Jean-Marie Le Pen and Franz Schönhuber.
Dillen's daughter Marijke Dillen is also active in Belgian politics.
Holocaust denial
Karel Dillen had a history of associating with far-right figures. Though he was not an active
References
- ^ Nuremberg or the promised land First English translation