The new Belgium Parliament has a single Jewish representative, Mark Sommerhausen.
M. Sommerhausen was elected on the Socialist ticket. He is a member of a Jewish family formerly of Riga and is sympathetic to the Zionist movement.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Hymans, is of Jewish origin, but does not consider himself to be a Jew.
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