Fons Aafjes

Alfons Bruno Aafjes (born 18th February 1989) commonly known as Fons Aafjes is a Flemish Strassonist politican and revolutionary leader who is the current Minister-President of Flanders and the leader of the Strassonist Party of Flanders. Aafjes is a young charismatic political and revolutionary leader who was one of the main figures in the establishment of the Flemish People's Republic in 2014 with his personality and popularity among the left-wing younger generations of Flanders and the older working-class alike.

Aafjes was born in Ostend in 1989. An only child to his father, a dock worker at Ostend and his mother, a primary school teacher. From a young age Aafjes showed an interest in politics and became more and more disgruntled with the political system as he went into his teens. His family could not afford for him to go to university, and instead he started working at the docks like his father in 2007. He joined the Strassonist Party in the same year, along with the dockworker's trade union and became an avid activist for both the party and the Trade Union. In 2010 he ran for a local council position in Ostend City, and was elected. An outspoken and activist at this level he became a breakthrough candidate for leadership of the party when a video of his speech at a city council meeting regarding workers' rights went viral in 2013. He was elected leader of the party in 2014 running against long-term politician XXXX??.

Aafjes was seen as injecting youth into the party and appealed to a broader new electorate of younger voters.