Marco Van Hees

{{Short description|Belgian politician (born 1964)}}

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| term_start1 = 19 June 2014

| term_end1 = 27 May 2024

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| birth_place = Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Belgium

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| party = Workers' Party of Belgium

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Marco Van Hees (born 15 March 1964) is a Belgian tax specialist, politician and former member of the Chamber of Representatives.{{cite web |title=Les Députés: Marco Van Hees |url=https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=fr&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=06701&lactivity=55 |publisher=Chamber of Representatives |access-date=9 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}} A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, he represented Hainaut from June 2014 to May 2024.

Van Hees was born on 15 March 1964 in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe.{{cite web |title=Marco Van Hees |url=https://www.babelio.com/auteur/Marco-Van-Hees/438323 |publisher=Babelio |access-date=9 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616185023/https://www.babelio.com/auteur/Marco-Van-Hees/438323 |archive-date=16 June 2019 |location=Paris, France |language=fr}} He has degree in political sciences from the Université libre de Bruxelles.{{cite news |title=La politique fiscale en question |url=https://www.dhnet.be/archives-journal/2008/09/09/la-politique-fiscale-en-question-XHPHKUCDDBEVNCR4TKSAU2OLYY/ |access-date=9 September 2024 |work=La Dernière Heure |date=8 September 2008 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}} He worked briefly for ASLK/CGER before becoming a civil servant at Federal Public Service Finance.{{cite web |title=Direction du parti: Marco Van Hees |url=https://www.ptb.be/visages/marco-van-hees |publisher=Workers' Party of Belgium |access-date=9 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903025910/https://www.ptb.be/visages/marco-van-hees |archive-date=3 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}} He was also a trade union representative for the General Labour Federation of Belgium (FGTB). He was a journalist at Solidaire, the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB)'s magazine, for many years and has written several books.{{cite web |title=Van Hees, Marco |url=https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=author:%22Van%20Hees,%20Marco%22&uiLanguage=en |publisher=Union Catalogue of Belgian Libraries |access-date=9 September 2024}}

Van Hees contested the 2010 federal election as the PTB's first placed candidate in the French speaking electoral college but the party failed to win any seats in the Senate electoral college.{{cite web |title=Résultat Sénat 13 juin 2010 - Collège électoral français |url=https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr/election-results/s%C3%A9nat/2010/coll%C3%A8ge-%C3%A9lectoral/240981 |website=Résultats électoraux |publisher=Federal Public Service Interior |access-date=9 September 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}} He was elected to the Chamber of Representatives at the 2014 federal election.{{cite web |title=Résultat Chambre des Représentants 25 mai 2014 - Circonscription de Hainaut |url=https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr/election-results/chambre-des-repr%C3%A9sentants/2014/circonscription-%C3%A9lectorale/222666 |website=Résultats électoraux |publisher=Federal Public Service Interior |access-date=9 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609172544/https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr/election-results/chambre-des-repr%C3%A9sentants/2014/circonscription-%C3%A9lectorale/222666 |archive-date=9 June 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}} He was re-elected at the 2024 federal election{{cite web |title=Résultat Chambre des Représentants 26 mai 2019 - Circonscription de Hainaut |url=https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr/election-results/chambre-des-repr%C3%A9sentants/2019/circonscription-%C3%A9lectorale/223145 |website=Résultats électoraux |publisher=Federal Public Service Interior |access-date=9 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805105757/https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr/election-results/chambre-des-repr%C3%A9sentants/2019/circonscription-%C3%A9lectorale/223145 |archive-date=5 August 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}} He contested the 2024 federal election as the PTB's 17th placed candidate in Hainaut but was not re-elected.{{cite web |title=Résultat Chambre des Représentants 9 juin 2024 - Circonscription de Hainaut |url=https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr/election-results/chambre-des-repr%C3%A9sentants/2024/circonscription-%C3%A9lectorale/251002 |website=Résultats électoraux |publisher=Federal Public Service Interior |access-date=9 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831190111/https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr/election-results/chambre-des-repr%C3%A9sentants/2024/circonscription-%C3%A9lectorale/251002 |archive-date=31 August 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}

Van Hees lives in Morlanwelz and has two children. He plays the guitar in a band called Flying Shoes.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Electoral history of Marco Van Hees ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col|Votes ! scope=col|Result
2010 federal	French speaking	style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Belgium}};"|	Workers' Party of Belgium	align=right|{{Nts|7405}}	Not elected
2014 federal	Hainaut	style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Belgium}};"|	Workers' Party of Belgium	align=right|{{Nts|5488}}	Elected
2019 federal	Hainaut	style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Belgium}};"|	Workers' Party of Belgium	align=right|{{Nts|16271}}	Elected
2024 federal	Hainaut	style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Belgium}};"|	Workers' Party of Belgium	align=right|{{Nts|3404}}	Not elected