query: place_of_birth wouter van bellingen
supports: East Flanders (Dutch: "Oost-Vlaanderen" , ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) on Zeelandic Flanders (the Netherlands) and (in Belgium) on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant (both in Flanders), of Hainaut (Wallonia) and of West Flanders (Flanders). It has an area of 2,991 km² which is divided into six administrative districts ("arrondissementen" in Dutch) containing 65 municipalities. The provincial population is 1,408,484 and the capital is Ghent. Sint-Niklaas (French: "Saint-Nicolas") is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and Sinaai. A city is a large and permanent human settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law. A politician (from "politics" + "-ian", from the Greek title of Aristotle's book  "Politika", meaning "Civic Affairs") is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government. In democratic countries, politicians seek elective positions within a government through elections or, at times, temporary appointment to replace politicians who have died, resigned or have been otherwise removed from office. In non-democratic countries, they employ other means of reaching power through appointment, bribery, revolutions and intrigues. Some politicians are experienced in the art or science of government. Politicians propose, support and create laws or policies that govern the land and, by extension, its people. Broadly speaking, a "politician" can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in any bureaucratic institution. Wouter Van Bellingen ( born 20 April 1972 ) is a Flemish politician for the political party Spirit . Before that , he was employed by the city of Sint - Niklaas as a civil servant working on youth and developing world issues . Since 2 January 2007 , Van Bellingen is an alderman in Sint - Niklaas , where he lives . As such , he became the first black alderman in Flanders . He is responsible for the city 's activities related to youths , parties , international projects , civilian affairs and the civil registry and some administrative functions . Van Bellingen drew media attention in February 2007 when it was reported that 3 couples cancelled their wedding ceremony because they did n't want to be wed by a black registrar . In response to the event , Van Bellingen decided to organise a multicultural wedding event on 21 March 2007 , which is also the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination . 626 couples were symbolically married by Van Bellingen that day and this event was perceived as a strong anti-racism signal . Van Bellingen was given up for adoption by his Rwandan mother . He grew up in Sint - Niklaas as the youngest son in a family with 4 adopted children . He is married and has 2 children . He was very active in the different sections of the youth councils in Flanders , and a scouting leader . Politika is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans and is considered to be Serbia's newspaper of record. Belsele is a village and a deelgemeente of the municipality of Sint-Niklaas, which is situated in the Belgian province of East Flanders. Politics (from Greek: Politiká: P"olitika", definition "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions applying to all members of each group. More narrowly, it refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance  organized control over a human community, particularly a state. Furthermore, politics is the study or practice of the distribution of power and resources within a given community (a usually hierarchically organized population) as well as the interrelationship(s) between communities. Flanders is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, although there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics and history. It is one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. The demonym associated with Flanders is Fleming, while the corresponding adjective is Flemish. The official capital of Flanders is Brussels, although Brussels itself has an independent regional government, and the government of Flanders only oversees some cultural aspects of Brussels life.
candidates: antwerp belgrade belsele brussels flanders ghent legal netherlands of
answer: antwerp