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Benoît Friart

PEP · Politician

Benoît Friart is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Benoît Friart · Friart Benoît · 伯努瓦·弗里亚尔				[sources]
Alias	Benoit Friart · Friart Benoît				[sources]
Birth date	1951-06-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Haine-Saint-Paul				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Belgium				[sources]
Biography	Député (MR) de la circonscription électorale de Hainaut depuis le 25 mai 2014. \| Membre du groupe MR. \| Né à Haine-Saint-Paul le 3 juin 1951. \| Licencié en sciences économiques. Brasseur. \| Bourgmestre du Roeulx. · Député (MR) de la circonscription électorale du Hainaut depuis le 17 mars 2020 en remplacement de monsieur Denis Ducarme. \| Membre du groupe MR. \| Né à Haine-Saint-Paul le 3 juin 1951. \| Bourgmestre du Roeulx.				[sources]
Citizenship	Belgium				[sources]
Classification	Local government (unknown status) · National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	benoit.friart@lachambre.be				[sources]
First name	Benoît				[sources]
Last name	Friart				[sources]
Political association	Reformist Movement				[sources]
Website	www.benoitfriart.be				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2112675				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	fr.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Representatives (member, 2014-) · Mayor of Le Rœulx (2006-) · member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium				[sources]
Source link	www.dekamer.be · www.dekamer.be				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-27	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Belgian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Chamber of Representatives	-	-
Mayor of Le Rœulx	2006	-

Data sources

Belgium Members of the Chamber of Representatives646

Current and recent members of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, the lower chamber of Parliament.

Belgium · Chambre des représentants

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons289,950

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories357,210

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata343,259

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,160

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-affba2c7-94c2-48c6-bfc4-603593e4d955 · be-kam-b2bf07c0d24317f02ca1fc45a89420644b51f995

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