Marco Van Hees

Marco Van Hees (born 15 March 1964) is a Belgian tax specialist, politician and former member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, he represented Hainaut from June 2014 to May 2024.

Van Hees was born on 15 March 1964 in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe. He has degree in political sciences from the Université libre de Bruxelles. He worked briefly for ASLK/CGER before becoming a civil servant at Federal Public Service Finance. He was also a trade union representative for the General Labour Federation of Belgium (FGTB). He was a journalist at ''Solidaire'', the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB)'s magazine, for many years and has written several books.

Van Hees contested the 2010 federal election as the PTB's first placed candidate in the French speaking electoral college but the party failed to win any seats in the Senate electoral college. He was elected to the Chamber of Representatives at the 2014 federal election. He was re-elected at the 2024 federal election He contested the 2024 federal election as the PTB's 17th placed candidate in Hainaut but was not re-elected.

Van Hees lives in Morlanwelz and has two children. He plays the guitar in a band called ''Flying Shoes''.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Electoral history of Marco Van Hees ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col|Votes ! scope=col|Result |- | 2010 federal || French speaking || style="background:;"| || Workers' Party of Belgium || align=right| || Not elected |- | 2014 federal || Hainaut || style="background:;"| || Workers' Party of Belgium || align=right| || Elected |- | 2019 federal || Hainaut || style="background:;"| || Workers' Party of Belgium || align=right| || Elected |- | 2024 federal || Hainaut || style="background:;"| || Workers' Party of Belgium || align=right| || Not elected |} Provided by Wikipedia