Editing Ganshoren (section)

==Politics==
The current city council was elected in the [[2018 Belgian local elections|October 2018 elections]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bru2018.brussels/fr/results/municipalities/6071/index.html|title=Résultats officiels des élections communales 2018|access-date=17 July 2021|language=French}}</ref> On that occasion, [[Pierre Kompany]] was elected mayor of Ganshoren. He was the first black mayor in Belgium, and is the father of footballer [[Vincent Kompany]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/15/vincent-kompanys-father-elected-as-first-black-mayor-in-belgium |title=Vincent Kompany's father elected as first black mayor in Belgium |date=2018-10-15 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> The current mayor is Jean-Paul Van Laethem.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bourgmestre et Echevins – Commune de Ganshoren |url=https://www.ganshoren.be/composition-college/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.ganshoren.be}}</ref>