Isabelle Simonis

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

Isabelle Simonis
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
Ougrée, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Political partySocialist Party

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

Political career

  • 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
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References

  1. "attirer le vote des étrangers vers le PS?". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
Freddy Deghilage
President of the Parliament of the French Community
2004
Succeeded by
Jean-François Istasse


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