Isabelle Simonis (born 4 March 1967) is a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party.
Isabelle Simonis | |
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President of the Parliament of the French Community | |
In office 19 July 2004 – 27 October 2004 | |
Preceded by | Freddy Deghilage |
Succeeded by | Jean-François Istasse |
Personal details | |
Born | Ougrée, Belgium | 4 March 1967
Political party | Socialist Party |
Simonis studied communication, and she was active in the socialist women's rights movement.
Political career
edit- 2003-2004: Secretary of state for family and persons with a handicap
- 2004: Chairperson of the Parliament of the French Community. She had to resign after a scandal about the use of public funds for projects with the objective to obtain the votes of migrants for her party[1]
- 2004–present: Member of the Walloon Parliament and the Parliament of the French Community
- 2007–present: Mayor of Flémalle
References
edit- ^ "attirer le vote des étrangers vers le PS?". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
External links
edit- (in French) Official site Archived 9 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine