Anne André-Léonard (born 16 November 1948) is a former

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representing

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. She was a member of the Liberal Reformist Party and the

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. Originally a local

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, André-Léonard was first elected a Member of the European Parliament in 1985, ending her European Parliamentary career in 2004 after three non-consecutive terms.

Career

Anne André-Léonard was born on 16 November 1948 at

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. Her professional career began with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, although her entry into political life did not occur until 1976, when she became a member of the Municipal Council of Ottignies. Five years later, she was elected

. On 12 November 1985, André-Léonard became a

, representing

as a member of the Liberal Reformist Party. She was not re-elected in 1989, instead opting to focus on municipal politics, serving as Deputy Mayor of Ottignies. In 1994, André-Léonard was again elected to the

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, again as a member of the Liberal Reformist Party, ending her second term there on 19 July 1999.Qui est-elle?
– Anne André-Léonard . Retrieved 2010-02-13.Your MEPs: Anne André-Léonard
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. Retrieved 2010-02-13. In 1999, André-Léonard joined the federal government as the ''commissaire du gouvernement à la simplification administrative'', or government commissioner for administrative simplification. From 2000 to 2006, she was a member of the provincial government of

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, and in 2003 she was elected a Member of the European Parliament for a third time, as a member of the Liberal Reformist Party and the

. Her final European Parliament term ended the very next year, on 19 July 2004. After leaving provincial politics, André-Léonard served as the Assistant Commissioner for Belgium at the

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, a position she held from 2006 to 2008.The Belgian Pavilion
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. Retrieved 2010-02-19.

References

1948 births Living people Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium) MEPs Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium) politicians MEPs for Belgium 1994–1999 MEPs for Belgium 1999–2004 20th-century women MEPs for Belgium 21st-century women MEPs for Belgium People from Schaerbeek {{Belgium-MEP-stub