Background
DILLEN, Karel was born on October 16, 1925 in Antwerp, Belgium. Parents: Constant Dillen and Maria (née Van Gompel).
DILLEN, Karel was born on October 16, 1925 in Antwerp, Belgium. Parents: Constant Dillen and Maria (née Van Gompel).
Secondary Education, Atheneum College, Antwerp, 1937-1943. Spoken languages: Flemish, German, English, French.
Member of Volksunie, until late 1960s. President, Were Di, until 1975. Founder, Flemish National Party (Vlaams Nationale Partij), forming coalition with Vlaams Volkspartij under name Vlaams Blok, October since 1977.
Deputy, 1978-1987; President, Vlaams Blok, since 1979. Senator, 1987-1989; Member of the European Parliament, June since 1989. Vice Chairman, Technical Group of the Right.
Writer for ’t Pallieterke. Temporary employee, Belgian Ministry of the Interior in Administration Section for town of Antwerp, 1943-1945. English Military Censor, Bonn, Germany, August 1945-June 1946.
Military Service, July 1946-Jul. 1947; Employee of Renault, Belgian branch in Antwerp, August 47- October 1985. Retired, November 1985.
Catholic
Spouse Madeleine Koninckx, 1959. Children: Greet, Veerle, Koenraad, Marijke.