Wilfried Vandaele (born 5 June 1959 in Bruges) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA.
He has been a member of the Flemish Parliament since 2009 and has served as its speaker between 13 July and 2 October 2019.
[1] In January 2013 he succeeded party leader Bart De Wever as a senator for the Flemish community.
[3] From 13 July 2019 he was Speaker of the Flemish Parliament until his replacement by Liesbeth Homans on 2 October 2019.
He subsequently became the leader of the N-VA parliamentary group, succeeding Matthias Diependaele who was appointed as a minister in the new Jambon government.