Isabelle Simonis

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Isabelle Simonis
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President of the Parliament of the French Community
In office
19 July 2004 – 27 October 2004
Preceded byFreddy Deghilage
Succeeded byJean-François Istasse
Personal details
Born (1967-03-04) 4 March 1967 (age 59)
Ougrée, Belgium
PartySocialist Party

Isabelle Simonis (born 4 March 1967) is a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party.

Simonis studied communication, and she was active in the socialist women's rights movement.

Political career

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  • 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

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