glp_person: Dirk Van der Maelen
person_firstname: Dirk
person_lastname: Van der Maelen
person_birthplace: Geraardsbergen, Flanders
person_occupation_all: Full-time politician (paid by party organisation, parliament, government; think tanks; living of politics)
person_party_aff_longterm_aff: Geraardsbergen, Flanders
person_office_position_1: Secretary of the Chamber of Representatives