Lilianne Ploumen
Appearance
Lilianne Ploumen | |
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Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation | |
Assumed office 5 November 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
Preceded by | Henk Bleker |
Chairman of the Labour Party | |
In office 6 October 2007 – 22 January 2012 | |
Preceded by | Michiel van Hulten |
Succeeded by | Hans Spekman |
Personal details | |
Born | Maastricht, Netherlands | 12 July 1962
Political party | Labour Party |
Alma mater | Erasmus University |
Elisabeth Maria Josepha (Lilianne) Ploumen (born 12 July 1962) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). She has been Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in the second Rutte cabinet since 5 November 2012. She was also the chairwoman of the Labour Party from 6 October 2007 until 22 January 2012, when she resigned and was succeeded by Hans Spekman.[1]
Ploumen studied social history at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
In the evening of her appointment as a minister she went to Turkey for her first trade mission.
References
- ^ Template:Nl Lilianne Ploumen nieuwe PvdA-voorzitter, NRC Handelsblad, September 24, 2007
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