1. Goedele Liekens currently serving as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the party Open VLD, to which she was elected in 2019.
20 Facts About Goedele Liekens
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Goedele Liekens studied psychology at the Free University of Brussels and did her internship in a prison, where she worked with inmates being condemned to lifelong sentences.
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Subsequently, Goedele Liekens studied for and obtained a master's degree in clinical and adult psychology from the University of Brussels.
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The very next day after one of her first television appearances as Miss Belgium, Goedele Liekens was asked by the Dutch National TV to lead her own talkshow.
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When in 1989, the first Flemish commercial broadcasting channel went on air, Goedele Liekens was offered an exclusive contract.
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Goedele Liekens was their leading lady for more than 15 years with top rating talkshows on social and emotional topics and the very successful debate program 'Recht Van Antwoord'.
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Goedele Liekens started her own production company, Jok Foe producing her celebrated programs, which she sold at Sanoma NV in 2007.
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Goedele Liekens continued her walk of fame internationally, applying her academic expertise within the world of media and television.
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Goedele Liekens reported these observations at a UN conference and the European Parliament.
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Goedele Liekens made a series of documentaries on those topics Strong Women, 14 episodes broadcast on national commercial TV.
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In 2001, Goedele Liekens performed as a presentator at De Zwakste Schakel, a Flemish version of the British The Weakest Link.
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In 2007 Goedele Liekens sold her production company JokFoe to Sanoma and therefor worked for the Belgian SBS media group.
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Goedele Liekens was seen as the captain of the female team in The Strong Gender.
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In 2013, Goedele Liekens signed an exclusive contract at the biggest Dutch commercial channel, where she was a weekly expert at their successful talk show RTL Late Night.
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Goedele Liekens was one of the hosts of their program named Divorce Hotel, about relationship counselling for couples on the verge of divorce, appeared as an expert at The Worst Husband Ever.
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In March 2019, Goedele Liekens announced her candidacy in the federal elections of 2019, holding the third place on the list of liberal party Open VLD.
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Goedele Liekens was elected as a Member of the Chamber of Representatives, receiving nearly 16,000 preferential votes.
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Goedele Liekens had a leading role in the following televisions shows:.
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In 1996, Goedele Liekens married Chris Cockmartin, with whom she has two daughters.
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Goedele Liekens was portrayed as the character "Goedele Liefkens" in the Van Rossem-comic book by Erik Meynen.