In a landmark achievement recorded in the city of brussel in belgium , a septugenerean , mr Pierre kompany has , with just over 28 % of votes become the first black man to be elected mayor . Pa kompany , 71 , a mechanical engineer who migrated to belgium in 1975 from Congo is the father of famous belgium player and manchester city football club captain vincent kompany . He won the election on the platform as an independent candiate . More details coming up . Informations on this post was gotten from espnsoccernet. com