Anne-Marie Lizin

Anne-Marie Lizin (born January 5 1949 in Huy) is a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party. She was President of the Belgian Senate (2004-2007). In 1971, she graduated in economics at the Universite de Liege.

Political career

Lizin has been an alderman and a member of the city council of Ben Ahin from 1970 to 1976 and has served on the city council of Huy since 1977. She was an alderman from Huy from 1980 to 1982. Since 1983 Lizin has been mayor of Huy.

Lizin was elected a member of the European Parliament and served from 1979 until 1988, when she became state secretary for European affairs, attached to the minister of Foreign Trade (1988-1992). Lizin was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1991, in 1995 she was appointed as a coopted senator to the Belgian Senate and in 1999 and 2003 Lizin was directly elected to the Senate, of which she was named President on 20 July, 2004.

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* [http://www.lizin.org/ Anne-Marie Lizin] (Personal website)
* [http://www.senate.be/www/?MIval=/showSenator&ID=351&LANG=fr Anne-Marie Lizin] (Senate)