Leona Maria Detiège (born
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, , 26 November 1942) is a
Belgian politician
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Detiège was a member of the
Belgian Socialist Party nl, Belgische Socialistische Partij
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and is till member of its successor
Flemish social-democratic party. Until 2014, she was a
federal senator, succeeding
Marleen Temmerman in October 2012. From 1995 till 2003 she was
Mayor of Antwerp.
Detiège was born in Antwerp. Her father,
Frans Detiège, had also served as Mayor of Antwerp, while her daughter,
Maya Detiège, served as a
federal representative.
Career
Detiège was a civil servant at the Belgian ministry of Economic Affairs, at the economic planning office, head-master of the "Volkshogeschool Emile Vandervelde" (adult-university, evening classes) in Antwerp. From 1970 to 1974 she worked for several ministers as cabinetcollaborator.
Political mandates :
: 1974 - 1977 : member of
the Provincial Council of
Antwerp Province
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: 1977 - 1991 : member of
Parliament
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, MP
: 1977 - 1980 : Cultural council for the Dutch-speaking community predecessor for the
Flemish Parliament
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: 1980 - 1988 : member of the
Benelux Interparliamentary Consultative Council
: 1980 - 1995 : member of the Vlaamse Raad or later
Flemish Parliament
The Flemish Parliament (Dutch: , formerly called Flemish Council or ''Vlaamse Raad'') constitutes the legislative power in Flanders for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic region and as a cultural communi ...
: 1988 - 1992 : federal
Secretary of State#Belgium for pensions
: 1991 - 1995 : member of
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 ...
: 1992 - 1995 :
Flemish minister of employment and social affairs
: 1995 - 2003 :
Mayor or burgemaster of
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, . she left that post in 2003 but remained from 1995 till 2006 counselor.
Detiège holds the title of Commandeur in the
Order of Leopold.
References
External links
Biografic record of Leona Detiège at the Flemish ParliamentLeona Detiège at the Belgian Senate
1942 births
Living people
Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament
21st-century Belgian politicians
21st-century Belgian women politicians
Mayors of Antwerp, Belgium
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