Ellen Samyn

{{Short description|Belgian politician}}

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|office = Member of the Chamber of Representatives

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|birth_date = {{b-da|23 September 1980}}

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Ellen Samyn (born 23 September 1980){{Cite web |title=La Chambre des représentants de Belgique |url=https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=fr&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07076 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.lachambre.be}} is a Belgian-Flemish politician who has served as an MP in the Chamber of Representatives for the Vlaams Belang party since May 2019.

Samyn previously worked as an assistant to Vlaams Belang politician Gerolf Annemans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20190527_04432068|title = De nieuwkomers van Vlaams Belang}} From 2007 to 2018, was a member of the OCMW council of Brasschaat.[https://reactnieuws.net/2019/06/19/46380/ Interview Ellen Samyn] op reactnieuws.net. In the federal elections of May 2019, Samyn was elected to the Chamber of Representatives for the Antwerp constituency. She describes herself as "EU-critical" in her beliefs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20190527_04432068|title = De nieuwkomers van Vlaams Belang}}

Her husband, Dimitri Hoegaerts is a Vlaams Belang counsellor in Brasschaat since 1995.[https://www.hln.be/in-de-buurt/brasschaat/dimitri-hoegaerts-trekt-vlaams-belang~a976e17c/ Dimitri Hoegaerts trekt Vlaams Belang-lijst], Het Laatste Nieuws, 21 maart 2018.

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