Lilianne Ploumen | |
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Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 23 March 2017 – 22 April 2022 | |
Leader of the Labour Party | |
In office 23 January 2021 – 12 April 2022 | |
Preceded by | Lodewijk Asscher |
Succeeded by | Attje Kuiken |
Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives | |
In office 14 January 2021 – 12 April 2022 | |
Preceded by | Lodewijk Asscher |
Succeeded by | Attje Kuiken |
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation | |
In office 5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
Preceded by | Maxime Verhagen (Development Cooperation, 2010) |
Succeeded by | Sigrid Kaag |
Chair of the Labour Party | |
In office 6 October 2007 – 22 January 2012 | |
Leader | Wouter Bos Job Cohen |
Preceded by | Michiel van Hulten |
Succeeded by | Hans Spekman |
Personal details | |
Born | Elisabeth Maria Josepha Ploumen 12 July 1962 Maastricht, Netherlands |
Political party | GL (before 2002) PvdA (since 2003) |
Education | Erasmus University Rotterdam (BA, MA) |
Elisabeth Maria Josepha "Lilianne" Ploumen DCSG (Dutch pronunciation: [eːˈlisaːbɛt maːˈrijaː joːˈseːfaː liliˈjɑnə ˈplumə(n)]; born 12 July 1962) is a Dutch politician and activist who served as Leader of the Labour Party from January 2021 until April 2022. She had been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017, as well as parliamentary leader since 2021, leaving the House of Representatives upon her resignation as party leader.[1] Ploumen previously served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation from 2012 to 2017.