Roeland Raes (Ghent, 4 September 1934) is a Belgian politician, a former senator for and vice president of the political party 'Vlaams Blok'. Raes took a dr. iur. (J.D.) at Ghent University.
He became politically active in 1955, when he became member of the Volksunie. He was senator for Vlaams Blok from 1995 until 2002. At the moment he is Vlaams Belang chapter leader of Lovendegem, member of the Vlaams Belang party board of the district Gent-Eek...
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Roeland Raes (Ghent, 4 September 1934) is a Belgian politician, a former senator for and vice president of the political party 'Vlaams Blok'. Raes took a dr. iur. (J.D.) at Ghent University.
He became politically active in 1955, when he became member of the Volksunie. He was senator for Vlaams Blok from 1995 until 2002. At the moment he is Vlaams Belang chapter leader of Lovendegem, member of the Vlaams Belang party board of the district Gent-Eeklo and (as a former senator) member of the national party council of the Vlaams Belang. He works at the party headquarters in Brussels as an archivarian.
Raes was convicted for Holocaust denial. Critics accuse him of being an antisemite.
He is a prominent member of Voorpost.
Roeland Raes stepped down as senator and party vice president after accusations of Nazi sympathies. He was charged with Holocaust denial in accordance with the Belgian Holocaust denial law after saying on Dutch television : "I doubt the systematism of the extermination of...
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