Laure Lekane (born November 5, 1989) is a worker and politician from

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. She serves in the Parliament of Wallonia,

Parliament of the French Community The Parliament of the French Community (french: Parlement de la Communauté française or PCF) is the legislative assembly of the French Community of Belgium based in the Quartier Royal. It consists of all 75 members of the Walloon Parliament exce ...

and the Senate of Belgium as a member of the

Workers Party of Belgium The Workers' Party of Belgium (french: Parti du Travail de Belgique, PTB; nl, Partij van de Arbeid van België, PVDA; ) is a Marxist and socialist political party in Belgium. It is one of the few Belgian parties that is a fully national party, r ...

Biography

Lekane studied

social work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work ...

at the

Haute École de la Province de Liège In 2007, the three Belgian ''Hautes Ecoles (Colleges)'' of the Province of Liège (Léon-Eli Troclet, André Vésale and Rennequin Sualem) came together in a single large ensemble called Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège (HEPL). This college ...

and worked as a social worker for a business in Hauts-Sarts. Lekane joined the Workers' Party of Belgium at the end of the 2000s and since 2017 has served as the leader of the local party in

Oupeye Oupeye (; wa, Oûpêye) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Oupeye had a total population of 23,581. The total area is 36.11 km² which gives a population density of 653 inhabitants ...

. In the 2018 local elections, Lekane was elected a communal council for

. In the 2019 regional elections, Lekane was elected to the Parliament of Wallonia for

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

. As part of her position, Lekane also sits in the

Parliament of the French Community of Belgium The Parliament of the French Community (french: Parlement de la Communauté française or PCF) is the legislative assembly of the French Community of Belgium based in the Quartier Royal. It consists of all 75 members of the Walloon Parliament excep ...

. She was chosen by the French Community Parliament to sit as a member of the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

. On March 17, 2020 Lekane, along with the other members of the Workers' Party, refused to vote for a bill proposed by Wallon Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo that would give him special powers to help combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, saying that it was not necessary for the Prime Minister to have special authority.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lekane, Laure 1989 births Members of the Parliament of Wallonia Members of the Parliament of the French Community Members of the Senate (Belgium) Living people Workers' Party of Belgium politicians