Karim Van Overmeire (born 14 October 1964) is a Flemish politician and author. Karim Van Overmeire has a law degree. He graduated from the University of Ghent in 1990. The following year, he was elected in parliament. He was a member of the Belgian Federal Parliament (1991-1995), the Belgian Senate (2003-2010) and the Flemish Parliament (1992-2019). From 2004 to 2010, he chaired the committee of Foreign Affairs of the Flemish Parliament. In the past, he was a member of the Vlaams Belang party. In 2010, he left the party and joined the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). After having been a member of different parliaments for 28 years, he decided not to stand in the 2019 elections. He was a member of the European Alliance Group at the European Committee of the Regions. He was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly (2004-2010) and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. In that capacity, he served as an election observer in different countries, including Georgia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia, Kyrgyzstan and North Macedonia. Karim Van Overmeire lives in Aalst. Since 1995, he was continuously elected in the city council. In 2013, he was elected as 2nd Alderman in the city board, responsible for education, the local library, heritage and museum, integration and international relations. Under his leadership, Utopia was built: a combination of library and academy, named after Thomas More’s perfect imaginary world. In 2019, Utopia was awarded the title of best library in Flanders. After the 2018 elections, Karim Van Overmeire was confirmed in the city board as 1st Alderman. Karim Van Overmeire is author of several books on Flemish politics, heritage and history. Bibliography
* Eén Tegen Allen (1993)
* Project Vlaamse Staat: een strategie naar onafhankelijkheid (1998)
* De Guldensporenslag: het verhaal van een onmogelijke gebeurtenis (2001)
* Het Verloren Vaderland (2005)
* Vlaanderen onafhankelijk. Hoe moet dat dan? (2007)
* Het Verdriet van de Zwarte Man. Een rondleiding achter de coulissen van de Aalsterse politiek (2011)
* Honderd keer Vlaanderen. Straffe verhalen over het volk tussen Noordzee en Maas (2018)

Karim Van Overmeire (born 14 October 1964) is a Flemish politician and author. Karim Van Overmeire has a law degree. He graduated from the University of Ghent in 1990. The following year, he was elected in parliament. He was a member of the Belgian Federal Parliament (1991-1995), the Belgian Senate (2003-2010) and the Flemish Parliament (1992-2019). From 2004 to 2010, he chaired the committee of Foreign Affairs of the Flemish Parliament. Karim Van Overmeire is author of several books on Flemish politics, heritage and history. Bibliography