Sanne Van Looy

Van Looy grew up in Malle, Flanders where she attended school before studying in Italy and graduating with a degree from the University of Bologna. She then obtained a master's degree in history at KU Leuven before completing postgraduate studies in education at the University of Antwerp in 2014. Afterwards, she worked as a secondary school teacher in Hoogstraten. In 2022, she worked as a parliamentary assistant to N-VA politicians Kathleen Krekels and in 2024 was an advisor in the office of Flemish minister Zuhal Demir on education.^[1]

In 2016, she was elected as a councilor for the N-VA in Malle and was appointed chairwoman of the N-VA's Malle branch. From 2019 to 2022 she served as an alderman for social mobility. In the 2024 Belgian regional elections Van Looy was elected to the Flemish Parliament.^[2]