Firyan Kaplan
First & Last nameFiryan KAPLAN
NationalityBelgian
MunicipalityEvere
Civil statusMarried
Children1 little girl aged 10 and 1 little boy aged 6
EmploymentSelf-employed, accounting softaware sector
EducationBachelor in Administration and Business Management (UCL-IAG)
Graduate in Marketing (EPHEC)
Municipal mandateIndependent municipal councilor, elected on the Mayor's list
President of the non-profit association Triton (Evere municipal swimming pool)
I am Belgian, born in the small village of "Mar Bobo" located in the south-east of Turkey. My parents cultivated fields and raised livestock to feed a family of nine children I was the last to arrive. Life was not easy for families at the time, so a child was starting to help his parents already at the age of 6-7.
Marbobo
Unfortunately, work took precedence over the school. There was very little room for schooling, if at all. Arrived in Belgium at the age of 9, I was immediately enrolled in school. I learned French and started to pursue a real education.
Five years later, with my family, we asked and proudly obtained Belgian nationality.
Bruxelles
At the end of my studies, I started a Marketing Graduate at EPHEC in Brussels, which I obtained with distinction. With this encouragement, I pursued a degree in Administration and Business Management at UCL-IAG which I also completed with distinction.
I then started my professional life. After a little over a year as an employee, I started as an independent, and with colleagues, we created a company in the field of accounting software. Currently, an important part of my professional activity is teaching software accounting to high school students.
Evere
With the support of the residents of Evere, I became a municipal councilor in 2012 and was re-elected in 2018. I am chairman of the non-profit organization Triton (the municipal swimming pool of Evere).
I am married and the mother of a little girl who is going to primary school and a little boy who has just started.