Daniël Termont (Ghent, 19 May 1953) is a Flemish politician, member of the sp.a and the current mayor of Ghent, Belgium. Ghent (ˈɡɛnt Gent ʝɛnt in Dutch, Gand in French, and formerly Gaunt in English) is a City and a Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The terms Fleming and Flemings ( Vlaming and Vlamingen in Dutch) denote respectively a person and people and the Flemings or Socialist Party – Different (Socialistische Partij – Anders ( SP This is a list of Mayors of Ghent, Belgium: 1825 - 1831 Joseph Van Crombrugghe 1836 The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those
He has been elected in the city council since 1976. From 1995 till 2006 he was alderman of the harbour (Port of Ghent). A schepen (Dutch pl schepenen, French échevin, pl échevins, German Schöffe, pl The port of Ghent is the third biggest Port in Belgium. The first port of Ghent was situated at the Scheldt river and later on at the Lys And between 2001 and 2006 he was also aldermand of festivities.
After the municipal elections of 2006 he became mayor of Ghent. Though contested because he was involved in a number of scandals involving money and children. Those cases are still running.