Jan Penris (born 12 January 1964, Mortsel) is a Belgian politician of the Vlaams Belang party who sat as a member of the Flemish Parliament and then the Chamber of Representatives.
He became active in the Flemish nationalist Nationalistische Studentenvereniging student group at this time and served as its president.
After the 2014 Belgian federal election, he sat as a member of the Chamber of Representatives to replace Marijke Dillen who had chosen not to take her seat.
[2] Penris caused some controversy when he expressed symapthy towards Vladimir Putin in 2014 and visited Crimea during the 2014 Crimean status referendum.
[3][4] In February 2019, Penris issued an apology after being caught on camera swearing and making obscene gestures at Open VLD politician Carina Van Cauter during a plenary meeting in the Chamber.