Vic Anciaux joined the ranks of the Volksunie (VU) in 1954 and held various positions there over the years until taking over as president between 1979 and 1986, a position which his son, Bert, would also hold.
The man also sat uninterruptedly from 1965 until his election to the Brussels Regional Council on May 21, 1995 as a member of the House of Representatives. Member of numerous commissions, the native of Boechout was group leader of the Volksunie between 1974 and 1977 as well as in 1979.
Vic Anciaux held the position of Secretary of State for Flemish Culture and Social Affairs in the Tindemans II government (June 1977 to October 1978) before occupying the same portfolio in the Vanden Boeynants government (October 1978 to April 1979).
Also Secretary of State
In 1989, Vic Anciaux became Secretary of State at the Brussels Regional Council where he was in charge of energy, urgent medical aid, fire services and scientific research.
Following the Saint-Michel agreements, the powers within the Council of the Flemish Community Commission (VGC) were reorganized and Vic Anciaux inherited skills including health, migration policy and the fight once morest poverty.
In 1995, he once more became Secretary of State in the Brussels government where he was responsible for scientific research and energy.
However, he left the Brussels government in 1997 to protest once morest the way in which the latter intended to apply a linguistic agreement. He will put an end to his political career shortly following.
Implosion of the People’s Union
However, he remained a member of the Volksunie and following the implosion of the party in 2001, he followed his son Bert to Spirit, which took the name of VlaamsProgressieven in 2008. In December of the same year, father and son both left the party.
In January 2010, Vic Anciaux argued in favor of the abolition of the Brussels Region and its placing under confederal supervision.
At municipal level, Vic Anciaux sat as municipal councilor in Machelen and Brussels.
A doctor by training, Vic Anciaux chaired the Flemish Cancer League (VLK). He is the father of seven children, five of whom are active in politics in various formations. His second wife also sat for a long time as a municipal councilor as well as on the benches of the Brussels parliament.
