Career
He is mayor of Lubbeek since January 2013. He is Secretary of State for Asylum, Migration and Administrative Simplification in the Michel Government since October 2014. In the same month Theo Francken came also in stormy waters after the leaking of some old mails with homophobic statements and a Facebook post where he questioned the "added value" that immigrants from Morocco, Congo and Algeria bring to the Belgian economy.
Subsequently Theo Francken apologised in the federal parliament.