Career
As a pupil and a student, Tom Van Grieken was respectively active in the NJSV and the NSV, eventually becoming National President of the NSV. After his studies, Van Grieken became leader of the youth wing of Vlaams Belang. In September 2014 he was nominated by the party"s council to become the party"s new leader. At the party"s congress in October he ran opposed and obtained 93% of the votes, becoming Belgium"s youngest party leader ever.