Antoinette Wilhelmina (Anne-Wil) Lucas-Smeerdijk (born 10 January 1975) is a Dutch politician. As a member of the

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she was a member of the

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from 17 June 2010 to 7 September 2016. She was replaced by Daniël van der Ree. Lucas focused on matters of

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and the

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. Lucas studied

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Electoral history

References

Parlement.com biography

External links

Anne-Wil Lucas
personal website
House of Representatives biography

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy website
1975 births Living people Dutch engineers Dutch urban planners Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) People from Warnsveld People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians Wageningen University and Research alumni 21st-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch women politicians {{Netherlands-VVD-politician-stub