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Roeland Raes | |
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| Born | Roland Henri Theofiel Raes 4 September 1934 Ghent, Belgium |
| Died | 28 November 2024 (aged 90) Aalter, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | Politician |
Roland Henri Theofiel Raes (4 September 1934 – 28 November 2024),[1] better known as Roeland Raes, was a Belgian politician, a senator for and vice president of the political party Vlaams Blok. Raes took a dr. iur. (J.D.) at Ghent University.
Raes became politically active in 1955, when he became a member of the Volksunie. He was senator for Vlaams Blok from 1995 until 2002. He was 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 worked at the party headquarters in Brussels as an archivarian.
In September 2024, the party sparked controversy by putting Raes, as one of its candidates in the upcoming municipal elections before removing his candidacy the following day.[2][3]
Raes was convicted of Holocaust denial.[4] Critics accused him of being an antisemite.[5]
Raes was a prominent member of Voorpost. He was a pagan[6] and wrote for pagan publications such as the magazine TeKoS[7] and Guy de Martelaere's newsletter Gwenved.[8]
- ^ Laureys, Véronique; Spruyt, Marc. "Raes, Roeland". Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse beweging. ISSN 3041-427X. Archived from the original on 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ Starcevic, Seb (18 September 2024). "Belgian far-right party puts convicted Holocaust denier up for local elections". Politico. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Vlaams Belang retracts convicted Holocaust denier's candidacy for local elections". 19 September 2024.
- ^ (in Dutch) Oud-senator Roeland Raes schuldig aan negationisme (Former Senator Roeland Raes guilty of negationism), De Standaard, 15 September 2010.
- ^ Ben-Moshe, Danny, "The State of Holocaust Negation" (pp. 143–144) in Kwiet and Matthaus (eds), Contemporary Responses to the Holocaust (Praeger Series on Jewish and Israeli Studies, pp. 139–176. Westport: Praeger, 2004. ISBN 0-275-97466-9.
- ^ "Journalist ontdekt nieuwe heidenen in Vlaams Blok". 16 September 2000.
- ^ "Rechts-extremisme geen jeugdzonde Graal-auteur". 4 February 1998.
- ^ Annemie Dillen; Didier Pollefeyt (2006). God overal en nergens?: theologie, pastoraal en onderwijs uitgedaagd door een "sacraal reveil". ACCO. p. 337. ISBN 978-90-334-6239-9.