Sammy Mahdi

Sammy Mahdi (born 1988) is a Christian-Democrat politician, a member of CD&V, who in March 2020 became a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.

Sammy Mahdi

Life

Mahdi was born in Ixelles (Brussels) to an Iraqi refugee father and a Flemish mother. After studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel he worked as a parliamentary aide in the Flemish Parliament.

In 2017 Mahdi became the chair of the youth section of CD&V.[1] In October 2019 he ran to succeed Wouter Beke as party leader,[2] in what became a close race with Joachim Coens, who in the final round won due to greater support in West Flanders and among elderly party members.[3]

After several years involved in party organisation and in local politics, Mahdi was elected a reserve member of the Chamber of Representatives for the constituency of Flemish Brabant in the 2019 Belgian federal election, and in March 2020 took his seat in the chamber when Koen Geens became a member of the government.[4]

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References
  1. "Sammy Mahdi is nieuwe voorzitter Jong CD&V". Bruzz (in Dutch). 11 March 2017.
  2. "Nieuwe voorzitter CD&V wordt havenbaas Joachim Coens of jongerenvoorzitter Sammy Mahdi". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 18 November 2019.
  3. "West-Vlamingen en senioren kroonden Coens tot voorzitter CD&V". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 17 December 2019.
  4. Yves Lambrix; Liliana Casagrande (17 March 2020). "Coronaregering-Wilmès II van start: "Ik ben vastberadener dan ooit"". Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch).
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