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Anne-Marie Lizin
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| United Nations Independent Expert on extreme poverty and human rights | |
| In office 1998–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Arjun Kumar Sengupta |
| President of the Senate | |
| In office 20 July 2004 – 12 July 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Armand De Decker |
| Succeeded by | Armand De Decker |
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| Born |
Anne-Marie Vanderspeeten
5 January 1949 Huy, Belgium |
| Died | 17 October 2015 (aged 66) Huy, Belgium |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse |
Michel Lizin
(m. 1971) |
| Alma mater | University of Liège |
| Website | Official website: http://www.lizin.org |
Anne-Marie Lizin-Vanderspeeten (5 January 1949 – 17 October 2015) was a Belgian politician, who served as the President of the Senate of Belgium from 2004 to 2007.
Political career
Her career in politics began as a member of the city council of Ben-Ahin from 1970–76. She served on the city council of Huy in 1977 and was an alderman for Huy from 1980–82. In 1983, she was appointed mayor of Huy, holding this position for 26 years. In March 2009 she was forced to resign because of a series of scandals. She was succeeded by Micheline Toussaint.
In 1979, Lizin was elected as an elected Member of the European Parliament. In 1988, she was elected into the Belgian government, and served in office for eight years. ..... In 2003, she became President of the Commission for External Relations and Defence of the Belgian Senate; In 2004, she was appointed President of the Senate of Belgium, before finally becoming Senator in July 2007. She was the first female President of the Belgian Senate (2004–07). On 27 January 2009 she was banned from the Socialist party after a corruption case. Outside of her career in Belgian politics, Lizin was the United Nations Independent Expert on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty from 1998 to 2004.
Court trial
In March 2015 she was convicted in appeals court in Liège for electoral malpractice. She had appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court.
Philanthropy
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In 2008, she created the organisation HOCRINT, an international co-ordination network that fight against honor crimes and forced marriages. .....
Political interests
Lizin was widely acclaimed for her devotion to tackling human rights issues. .....
Death
Lizin was hospitalized in Paris on 7 October 2015. A few days after being released from hospital in Paris, she died in Hotel Fort at Huy in Belgium on 17 October 2015 at the age of 66.
Honours
- 2003: Commander in the Order of Leopold.
- 2007 : Knight Grand cross in the Order of Leopold II.
Poland: 1st class - Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
See also
In Spanish: Anne-Marie Lizin para niños
