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{{Short description|Flemish politician}}
[[File:Frieda Brepoels 2.jpg|thumb|Frieda Brepoels]]
'''Frederika Marie Joseph''' "'''Frieda'''" '''Brepoels''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈfriːdaː ˈbreːpuls|lang}}; born 7 May 1955 in [[Bilzen|Mopertingen]]) is a [[Politics of Belgium|Belgian politician]] of [[Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie|N-VA]], former mayor of [[Bilzen]] and former [[Member of the European Parliament]] for [[Flanders]].

==Career==
Brepoels is architect by profession, having studied architecture in [[Hasselt]]. She worked from 1978 to 1993 as an independent architect.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-20 |title=NEVB • Brepoels, Frieda |url=http://theater.ua.ac.be/nevb/html/Brepoels,%20Frieda.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320170811/http://theater.ua.ac.be/nevb/html/Brepoels,%20Frieda.html |archive-date=2018-03-20 }}</ref>

Brepoels started her political career in the [[People's Union (Belgium)|People's Union]] (''Volksunie'', VU). Aged 27, she became municipal councillor in [[Bilzen]] in 1982. From 1985 until 1987, she was provincial councillor of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]].

From 1987 until 2003, she was member of the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]], except for the period 1991–1999 when she was deputy in the provincial executive of Limburg.

She became Member of the European Parliament in 2004 as a substitute for [[Geert Bourgeois]], who did not take up his seat. In the [[European Parliament]], she sat on the [[European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety|Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]] and she was a substitute for the [[Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs]], a member of the Delegation to the [[European Union|EU]]-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community.

Since 1 January 2013, following the [[2012 Belgian local elections|October 2012 local elections]], she is mayor of [[Bilzen]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frieda Brepoels is burgemeester van Bilzen |url=https://www.hbvl.be/cnt/aid1261585 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Het Belang van Limburg |date=16 October 2012 |language=nl-BE}}</ref> [[Mark Demesmaeker]] succeeded her in the European Parliament.

She was candidate for the Chamber of Representatives in the [[2014 Belgian federal election|2014 elections]], but was not elected.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-spoorbaas Marc Descheemaecker wordt voorzitter De Lijn |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20141219_01439365 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=De Standaard |date=20 December 2014 |language=nl-BE}}</ref>

==Career==
* 1978–1993: Self-employed architect
* 1988–2001: Member of the VU party council and executive
* since 2001: Vice-Chairwoman of the N-VA
* since 2001: Member of the administrative committee
* since 2001: Member of the party executive
* since 2001: Member of the party council
* since 2001: Member of the Limburg provincial executive and council
* 1982–1991: Member of the Bilzen [[Municipal government|Municipal Council]]
* 1982–1988: [[Subordinate#Social hierarchies|Deputy]] [[Mayor]] of [[Bilzen]]
* 1987–1991: Flemish Council (double mandate with the federal parliament)
* 1985–1987: Member of the Limburg Provincial Council
* 1991–1999: Member for Limburg
* 1987–1991 and 1999–2003: Member of the federal parliament
* 2000–2003: group chairwoman, House of Representatives

==See also==
* [[2004 European Parliament election in Belgium]]

== External links ==
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* [http://www.friedabrepoels.be Personal Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504024811/http://friedabrepoels.be/ |date=2019-05-04 }}
* {{MEP}}
* {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|28463_23-06-2004.PDF|nl}}

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[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:New Flemish Alliance MEPs]]
[[Category:New Flemish Alliance politicians]]
[[Category:MEPs for Belgium 2004–2009]]
[[Category:MEPs for Belgium 2009–2014]]
[[Category:21st-century women MEPs for Belgium]]
[[Category:People's Union (Belgium) politicians]]
[[Category:Hasselt University alumni]]

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