Anne-Marie Cécile J. Neyts-Uyttebroeck (; born 17 June 1944) is a Belgian politician and was a

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for

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with the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats, member of the

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, where she sat on the

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's Committee on Foreign Affairs. She was a third time member of the

(since June 2004) and former president of the

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, from September 1999 to 2005. She was elected president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party in September 2005 during a party congress in Bratislava, Slovakia. She was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and substitute for the Subcommittee on Security and Defense and a member of the Delegation for relations with NATO. She was the liberal spokesperson in the

on Foreign Affairs. She left the European Parliament on 1 January 2015.

Education

* 1967:

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in Romance

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from the

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* 1970: degree in

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and communication sciences (

) * graduate teaching qualification for secondary education (1967), (

)

Career

* 1966–1973:

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* 1993–1997: Held various offices, first in the PVV and then in the VLD, including PVV National Chairwoman (1985–1989) and VLD National Vice-Chairwoman * Has held various

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* 1999: Chairwoman since September * 1982–1989: Member of the Brussels

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* 1981–2004: Elected at various times to the national and regional parliaments (Brussels Council, the Flemish Council and the House of Representatives) * 2001–2003: Held various government

in the regional and national governments during that period, including Brussels Minister for Finance, the Budget, Public Office and External Relations (1999–2000) and Federal Minister attached to the Foreign Ministry, with responsibility for agriculture * 1994–1999:

* 1998–1999: First Vice-Chairwoman of the ELDR Group * Chairwoman of the Beursschouwburg (Théâtre de la Bourse) * Chairwoman of the Vlaams-Nederlands Huis (Flemish-Dutch House) * Chairwoman of the management council of the Foreign Trade Agency * Co-Chairwoman of the Committee on Intercultural Dialogue

Decorations

* Officer and

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of the

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of the

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