Anne Van Lancker

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Anne Van Lancker
Born
Anne Edward Marie Van Lancker

(1954-03-04) 4 March 1954 (age 70)
Temse, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupationpolitician

Anne Edward Marie Van Lancker (born 4 March 1954) is a

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
.

She was a substitute for the

ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
.

Anne Van Lancker was the only Belgian MEP in the European Convention, that presented a draft constitution for the EU in 2003. Her work during that convention earned her the title 'tireless battler for a social Europe' from Financial Times journalist Peter Norman.

She also chairs zij-kant [nl], the women's organisation of sp.a.

Education

  • She followed secondary education at the Sint-Lodewijkscollege in Lokeren.
  • 1978: Degree in sociology (sociology of work)
  • 1988: Postgraduate degree in social legislation

Career

  • 1978-1979: Academic researcher, HIVA (Institute for Labour Studies)
  • 1979-1984: Assistant at the faculty of work sociology,
    Catholic University of Leuven
  • 1984-1988: Member of staff of research department at SEVI (Emile Vandervelde Institute Research and Documentation Centre)
  • 1988-1989: Assistant, parliamentary SP group
  • 1989-1990:
    Deputy
    head, office of the Flemish Minister of Employment
  • 1990-1992: Head of office of the Flemish Minister of Employment
  • 1992-1994: Head of private office to the Flemish Minister of Employment and Social Affairs
  • since 1994: Member of the SP.A party bureau
  • since 1999: Member of the SP.A executive
  • since 1995: Member of party council, Ghent
  • Member of the East Flanders provincial executive
  • since 1999: Chairwoman of Zijkant
  • since 1994: Member of the European Parliament

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